CVE-2008-2729

Summary

CVECVE-2008-2729
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-06-30 22:41:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:02:00 UTC
Descriptionarch/x86_64/lib/copy_user.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 on some AMD64 systems does not erase destination memory locations after an exception during kernel memory copy, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.0 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.1 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.10 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.11 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.12 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.13 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.14 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.15 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.16 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.17 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.18 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.2 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.3 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.4 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.5 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.6 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.7 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.8 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.9 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.0 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.1 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.10 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.11 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.12 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.13 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.14 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.15 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.16 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.17 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.18 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.2 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.3 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.4 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.5 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.6 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.7 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.8 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Linux Kernel 2.6.9 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Debian update for linux-2.6 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Linux Kernel AMD64 Memory Copy Bug Lets Local Users View Memory Contents - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Red Hat update for kernel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Bug 451271 – CVE-2008-2729 kernel: [x86_64] The string instruction version didn't zero the output on exception. CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
git.kernel.org git.kernel.org
USN-625-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Exploit
Ubuntu update for kernel - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Linux Kernel Memory Copy Exception Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat update for kernel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Red Hat update for kernel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:174 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1630-1 linux-2.6 DEBIAN www.debian.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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