CVE-2008-5702

Description

Buffer underflow in the ibwdt_ioctl function in drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc1 might allow local users to have an unknown impact via a certain /dev/watchdog WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT IOCTL call.

References

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11399

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git;a=commit;h=7c2500f17d65092d93345f3996cf82ebca17e9ff

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html

http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/10/5/173

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/10/2

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/20

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/6

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/9

http://secunia.com/advisories/33556

http://secunia.com/advisories/33706

http://secunia.com/advisories/33756

http://secunia.com/advisories/34981

http://secunia.com/advisories/35011

http://secunia.com/advisories/35390

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc1

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47667

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11344

https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/

Details

Risk Information

CVSS v2.0