CVE-2008-2944

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

4.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.06%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43556 third party advisory vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449359 vendor advisory issue tracking exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207002 vendor advisory issue tracking

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-2944?
CVE-2008-2944 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-2944?
To fix CVE-2008-2944, 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-2008-2944 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-2944 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. 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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