CVE-2008-1138 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can crash the system by sending a specific IOCTL request to the DESlock+ kernel driver, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.
- 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-2008-1138?
CVE-2008-1138 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Mar 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
DLMFENC.sys 1.0.0.26 in DESlock+ 3.2.6 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a certain ZERO_MEM DLMFENC_IOCTL request to \\.\DLKPFSD_Device, aka the "ring0 link list zero" vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1138?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Deslock Deslock.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1138?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1138 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2008-1138 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-1138 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hf4r-2pq8-73mf.