CVE-2008-1375

Description

Race condition in the directory notification subsystem (dnotify) in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.24.6, and 2.6.25 before 2.6.25.1, allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) and possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Category

6.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.05%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120967963803205&w=2 patch mailing list third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30962 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1406/references third party advisory vdb entry
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0157 broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29003 third party advisory vdb entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42131 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0237.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019959 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1452/references third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1565 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30116 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0233.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30110 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00000.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00232.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2222/references third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491732/100/0/threaded mailing list third party advisory vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120967964303224&w=2 patch mailing list third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11843 signature third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/30515 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491566/100/0/threaded mailing list third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.6 broken link
https://usn.ubuntu.com/614-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:105 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30108 third party advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.4 broken link
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.1 broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30044 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0211.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30017 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30890 third party advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2501 broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30769 third party advisory
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html third party advisory mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/30018 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:104 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30260 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31246 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30818 third party advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0157 broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30112 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1375?
CVE-2008-1375 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1375?
To fix CVE-2008-1375, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-1375 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2008-1375 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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