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CVE-2008-2358

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Description

Integer overflow in the dccp_feat_change function in net/dccp/feat.c in the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.18, and 2.6.17 through 2.6.20, allows local users to gain privileges via an invalid feature length, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/30000

http://secunia.com/advisories/30818

http://secunia.com/advisories/30849

http://secunia.com/advisories/30920

http://secunia.com/advisories/31107

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1592

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:112

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0519.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29603

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020211

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447389

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43034

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9644

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00082.html

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2008-06-10

Updated: 2017-09-29

Type: CWE-189

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: HIGH

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