What is CVE-2008-3275?

CVE-2008-3275 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2008-08-12.

How severe is CVE-2008-3275?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Linux Kernel

CVE-2008-3275

The (1) real_lookup and (2) __lookup_hash functions in fs/namei.c in the vfs implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.25.15 do not prevent creation of a child dentry for a deleted (aka S_DEAD) directory, which allows local users to cause a denial of service ("overflow" of the UBIFS orphan area) via a series of attempted file creations within deleted directories.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.005 (40.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux Linux_kernel
Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 6.06, 7.04, 7.10
Debian Debian_linux — versions 4.0
Suse Suse_linux_enterprise_desktop — versions 10
Suse Suse_linux_enterprise_server — versions 10
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (signature, x_refsource_OVAL, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-3275?: CVE-2008-3275 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2008-08-12.
How severe is CVE-2008-3275?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.