CVE-2008-5079 EXPLOIT
4.9
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1.1% (pctl 65)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
net/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.27.8 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) by making two calls to svc_listen for the same socket, and then reading a /proc/net/atm/*vc file, related to corruption of the vcc table.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.9 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 1.09% — more likely to be exploited than 65% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-399 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-12-09 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Linux Kernel 2.6.27.8 - ATMSVC Local Denial of Service | 2008-12-10 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00006.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=122841256115780&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32913
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33083
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33348
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33623
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33641
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33704
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33706
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33756
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33854
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34981
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4694
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0332
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:032
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0225.html
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