CVE-2008-2358 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2008-2358
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Description: Integer overflow in the dccp_feat_change function in net/dccp/feat.c in the Datagram Congestion Control Protocol (DCCP) subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.18, and 2.6.17 through 2.6.20, allows local users to gain privileges via an invalid feature length, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43034 UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1 SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html ST 1020211 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA30000 Secunia Advisory: SA30818 Secunia Advisory: SA30920 Secunia Advisory: SA30849 Secunia Advisory: SA31107 REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0519.html MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:112 FEDORA DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1592 CONFIRM BID 29603

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