CVE-2008-5079 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers can cause a kernel infinite loop and denial of service by manipulating ATM socket states and reading proc files.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-5079?
CVE-2008-5079 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 9 Dec 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
net/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.27.8 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) by making two calls to svc_listen for the same socket, and then reading a /proc/net/atm/*vc file, related to corruption of the vcc table.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5079?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5079?
Apply the vendor's patch.
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-2008-5079 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-5079 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x248-r79p-756c.