CVE-2008-0384 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 4.9 Published 22 Jan 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can cause a kernel panic and denial of service in OpenBSD by triggering a NULL pointer dereference via a specific IOCTL call.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2008-0384?

CVE-2008-0384 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openbsd Openbsd, published on 22 Jan 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

OpenBSD 4.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) by calling the SIOCGIFRTLABEL IOCTL on an interface that does not have a route label, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference when the return value from the rtlabel_id2name function is not checked.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0384?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Openbsd Openbsd.

How do I fix CVE-2008-0384?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-0384 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2008-0384 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-0384 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-4vrj-64wh-8ch5.