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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-5700
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2008-5700

Description:
libata in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.9 does not set minimum timeouts for SG_IO requests, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (Programmed I/O mode on drives) via multiple simultaneous invocations of an unspecified test program.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/47669

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1
  http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-714-1

SUSE
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA34252
  Secunia Advisory: SA33854
  Secunia Advisory: SA33756
  Secunia Advisory: SA33706
  Secunia Advisory: SA33758
  Secunia Advisory: SA34762
  Secunia Advisory: SA34981
  Secunia Advisory: SA37471

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0326.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0331.html

OVAL
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8606
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10948

MLIST
  http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/09/2

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787

CONFIRM
  http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
  http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-114.htm
  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.9
  http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git;a=commit;h=f2f1fa78a155524b849edf359e42a3001ea652c0

BUGTRAQ
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded


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