CVE-2008-5702

Public Exploit

Description

Buffer underflow in the ibwdt_ioctl function in drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc1 might allow local users to have an unknown impact via a certain /dev/watchdog WDIOC_SETTIMEOUT IOCTL call.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.06%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/35390 third party advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/20 mailing list
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/6 mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/33706 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11344 vdb entry signature
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33756 third party advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc1
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/10/5/173 mailing list
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35011 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47667 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/33556 third party advisory
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11399 exploit
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7c2500f17d65092d93345f3996cf82ebca17e9ff
http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/ vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1 vendor advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/9 mailing list
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/10/2 mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-5702?
CVE-2008-5702 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-5702?
To fix CVE-2008-5702, 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-2008-5702 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-5702 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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