National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-3851

Overview

The drm/i915 component in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22.2, when used with i965G and later chipsets, allows local users with access to an X11 session and Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) to write to arbitrary memory locations and gain privileges via a crafted batchbuffer.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-2854

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2854

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26389

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26389

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11196

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11196

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.2

Hyperlink:http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.2

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1620

Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1620

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-510-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-509-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-509-1

External Source: BID

Name: 25263

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25263

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2007:0705

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0705.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2007:053

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2007:051

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_51_kernel.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:105

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:105

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1356

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1356

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27227

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27227

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26760

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26760

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26664

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26664

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26643

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26643

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26500

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26500

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26450

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26450

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11196

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11196