National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2812

Overview

The Linux kernel before 2.6.25.10 does not properly perform tty operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via vectors involving NULL pointer dereference of function pointers in (1) hamradio/6pack.c, (2) hamradio/mkiss.c, (3) irda/irtty-sir.c, (4) ppp_async.c, (5) ppp_synctty.c, (6) slip.c, (7) wan/x25_asy.c, and (8) wireless/strip.c in drivers/net/.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: BID

Name: 30076

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30076

External Source: XF

Name: kernel-tty-dos(43687)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43687

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2063

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2063/references

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-637-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-637-1

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0973

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0973.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0665

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0665.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0612

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0612.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20080703 2.6.25.10 security fixes, please assign CVE id

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/03/2

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1630

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-365.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-365.htm

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33201

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33201

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32759

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32759

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32370

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32370

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32103

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32103

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31685

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31685

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31614

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31614

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31551

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31551

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31341

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31341

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31229

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31229

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31202

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31202

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31048

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31048

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30982

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30982

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6633

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6633

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11632

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11632

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2008:025

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2008:052

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2008:049

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2008:047

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2008:038

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2008:037

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00009.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2008:035

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.10

Hyperlink:http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.10

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git;a=commitdiff;h=2a739dd53ad7ee010ae6e155438507f329dce788

Hyperlink:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git;a=commitdiff;h=2a739dd53ad7ee010ae6e155438507f329dce788

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6633

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6633

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11632

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11632