Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
CVE-2008-3528
The error-reporting functionality in (1) fs/ext2/dir.c, (2) fs/ext3/dir.c, and possibly (3) fs/ext4/dir.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.26.5 does not limit the number of printk console messages that report directory corruption, which allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (temporary system hang) by mounting a filesystem that has corrupted dir->i_size and dir->i_blocks values and performing (a) read or (b) write operations. NOTE: there are limited scenarios in which this crosses privilege boundaries.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (42.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 42.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Linux Kernel — versions 2.6.26.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/32998 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/18/2 (mailing-list)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0326.html (vendor-advisory)
- lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/17/371 (mailing-list)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/37471 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lkml.org/lkml/2008/9/13/98 (mailing-list, Exploit)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html (vendor-advisory)