CVE-2008-5736

Public Exploit

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in FreeBSD 6 before 6.4-STABLE, 6.3 before 6.3-RELEASE-p7, 6.4 before 6.4-RELEASE-p1, 7.0 before 7.0-RELEASE-p7, 7.1 before 7.1-RC2, and 7 before 7.1-PRERELEASE allow local users to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors related to function pointers that are "not properly initialized" for (1) netgraph sockets and (2) bluetooth sockets.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.31%
Vendor Advisory freebsd.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7581 third party advisory vdb entry exploit
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8124 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47570 vdb entry
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/16951 third party advisory vdb entry exploit
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-08:13.protosw.asc vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/50936 vdb entry broken link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021491 third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32976 third party advisory vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/33209 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-5736?
CVE-2008-5736 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-5736?
To fix CVE-2008-5736, 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-2008-5736 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-5736 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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