CVE-2008-2944

Double free vulnerability in the utrace support in the Linux kernel, probably 2.6.18, in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora Core 6 (FC6) allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops), as demonstrated by a crash when running the GNU GDB testsuite, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2365.
References
Link Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207002 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449359 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43556 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

07 Feb 2022, 19:50

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (CONFIRM) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449359 - Exploit (CONFIRM) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449359 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
References (XF) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43556 - (XF) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43556 - Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
References (CONFIRM) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207002 - (CONFIRM) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207002 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:enterprise_linux_kernel:2.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:fedora_core:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.18:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE CWE-399
NVD-CWE-noinfo
CWE-415
First Time Fedoraproject
Linux linux Kernel
Fedoraproject fedora Core
Redhat enterprise Linux
Linux
Redhat

Information

Published : 2008-06-30 21:41

Updated : 2023-12-10 10:51


NVD link : CVE-2008-2944

Mitre link : CVE-2008-2944

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-2944


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Products Affected

redhat

  • enterprise_linux

fedoraproject

  • fedora_core

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-415

Double Free