Attacker Value
Unknown
CVE-2008-2812
CVE-2008-2812
(Last updated October 04, 2023) ▾
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Description
The 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/.
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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Data provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Base Score:
7.8 High
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
None
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High
General Information
Vendors
- avaya,
- canonical,
- debian,
- linux,
- novell,
- opensuse,
- suse
Products
- communication manager,
- debian linux 4.0,
- expanded meet-me conferencing,
- intuity audix lx 2.0,
- linux desktop 9,
- linux kernel,
- meeting exchange 5.0,
- message networking 3.1,
- messaging storage server 4.0,
- opensuse 10.3,
- opensuse 11.0,
- proactive contact 4.0,
- sip enablement services -,
- sip enablement services 4.0,
- suse linux enterprise desktop 10,
- suse linux enterprise server 10,
- ubuntu linux 6.06,
- ubuntu linux 7.04,
- ubuntu linux 7.10,
- ubuntu linux 8.04
References
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