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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 8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
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