CVE-2008-3247 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE Reference: CVE-2008-3247
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Description: The LDT implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.25.x before 2.6.25.11 on x86_64 platforms uses an incorrect size for ldt_desc, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43979 SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00009.html ST 1020544 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA31172 Secunia Advisory: SA31202 CONFIRM http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.26 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.11 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git;a=commit;h=74454a6a286bfce4bb23d89bd465f856fa6a6e19 BID 30351

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