CVE-2008-2812

Summary

CVECVE-2008-2812
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-07-09 00:41:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 02:19:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Linux kernel before 2.6.25.10 does not properly perform tty operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via vectors involving NULL pointer dereference of function pointers in (1) hamradio/6pack.c, (2) hamradio/mkiss.c, (3) irda/irtty-sir.c, (4) ppp_async.c, (5) ppp_synctty.c, (6) slip.c, (7) wan/x25_asy.c, and (8) wireless/strip.c in drivers/net/.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Avaya Communication Manager All All All All
Application Avaya Communication Manager All All All All
Application Avaya Expanded Meet-me Conferencing All All All All
Application Avaya Expanded Meet-me Conferencing All All All All
Application Avaya Intuity Audix Lx 2.0 All All All
Application Avaya Intuity Audix Lx 2.0 All All All
Application Avaya Meeting Exchange 5.0 All All All
Application Avaya Meeting Exchange 5.0 All All All
Application Avaya Message Networking 3.1 All All All
Application Avaya Message Networking 3.1 All All All
Application Avaya Messaging Storage Server 4.0 All All All
Application Avaya Messaging Storage Server 4.0 All All All
Application Avaya Proactive Contact 4.0 All All All
Application Avaya Proactive Contact 4.0 All All All
Application Avaya Sip Enablement Services - All All All
Application Avaya Sip Enablement Services 4.0 All All All
Application Avaya Sip Enablement Services - All All All
Application Avaya Sip Enablement Services 4.0 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 8.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Novell Linux Desktop 9 All All All
Operating System Novell Linux Desktop 9 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 10.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 10.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp2 All All

References

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[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:025 SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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ASA-2008-365 (RHSA-2008-0665) CONFIRM support.avaya.com Third Party Advisory
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