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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-2812
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2008-2812

Description:
The Linux kernel before 2.6.25.10 does not properly perform tty operations, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via vectors involving NULL pointer dereference of function pointers in (1) hamradio/6pack.c, (2) hamradio/mkiss.c, (3) irda/irtty-sir.c, (4) ppp_async.c, (5) ppp_synctty.c, (6) slip.c, (7) wan/x25_asy.c, and (8) wireless/strip.c in drivers/net/.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43687

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-637-1

SUSE
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00009.html
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA31614
  Secunia Advisory: SA31685
  Secunia Advisory: SA30982
  Secunia Advisory: SA31202
  Secunia Advisory: SA31229
  Secunia Advisory: SA32370
  Secunia Advisory: SA31341
  Secunia Advisory: SA31551
  Secunia Advisory: SA31048
  Secunia Advisory: SA32759
  Secunia Advisory: SA33201
  Secunia Advisory: SA32103

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0973.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0665.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0612.html

OVAL
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6633
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11632

MLIST
  http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/03/2

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630

CONFIRM
  http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-365.htm
  http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.10
  http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git;a=commitdiff;h=2a739dd53ad7ee010ae6e155438507f329dce788

BID
  30076


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