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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-0600
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2008-0600

Description:
The vmsplice_to_pipe function in Linux kernel 2.6.17 through 2.6.24.1 does not validate a certain userspace pointer before dereference, which allows local users to gain root privileges via crafted arguments in a vmsplice system call, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-0009 and CVE-2008-0010.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-577-1

SUSE
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00002.html
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00005.html

ST
  1019393

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA28933
  Secunia Advisory: SA28925
  Secunia Advisory: SA28912
  Secunia Advisory: SA28889
  Secunia Advisory: SA28896
  Secunia Advisory: SA28875
  Secunia Advisory: SA28858
  Secunia Advisory: SA28835
  Secunia Advisory: SA28937
  Secunia Advisory: SA29245
  Secunia Advisory: SA30818

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0129.html

OVAL
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11358

MLIST
  http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120266353621139&w=2
  http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120266328220808&w=2
  http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120264773202422&w=2
  http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120263652322197&w=2
  http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120264520431307&w=2

MILW0RM
  http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/5092

MANDRIVA
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:043
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:044

FEDORA

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1494

CONFIRM
  http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0052
  http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0052

BUGTRAQ
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/488009/100/0/threaded

BID
  27801
  27704


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