{
    "id": "CVE-2008-5079",
    "published": "2008-12-09 00:30:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:59:12",
    "cvss_score": "4.9",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C",
    "cwe": "CWE-399",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.01094",
    "epss_percentile": "0.64586",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-11 18:17:07",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "linux",
            "product": "linux_kernel"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "7405",
            "title": "Linux Kernel 2.6.27.8 - ATMSVC Local Denial of Service",
            "date": "2008-12-10",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7405"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498943/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499044/100/0/threaded",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32676",
        "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021360",
        "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1"
    ]
}