CVE-2008-3911 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2008-3911?

CVE-2008-3911 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 4 Sep 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The proc_do_xprt function in net/sunrpc/sysctl.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.26.3 does not check the length of a certain buffer obtained from userspace, which allows local users to overflow a stack-based buffer and have unspecified other impact via a crafted read system call for the /proc/sys/sunrpc/transports file.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3911?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2008-3911?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3911 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2008-3911 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3911 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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