CVE-2008-3527

Publication date 5 November 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c in the Virtual Dynamic Shared Objects (vDSO) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21 does not properly check boundaries, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, related to the install_special_mapping, syscall, and syscall32_nopage functions.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux-source-2.6.15 8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
7.10 gutsy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected
linux-source-2.6.22 8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
7.10 gutsy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
linux 8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release