Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-2729 First vendor Publication 2008-06-30
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-11-07

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 4.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

arch/x86_64/lib/copy_user.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 on some AMD64 systems does not erase destination memory locations after an exception during kernel memory copy, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2729

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-200 Information Exposure

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11571
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11571
Title: arch/x86_64/lib/copy_user.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 on some AMD64 systems does not erase destination memory locations after an exception during kernel memory copy, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.
Description: arch/x86_64/lib/copy_user.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 on some AMD64 systems does not erase destination memory locations after an exception during kernel memory copy, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-2729
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22647
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22647
Title: ELSA-2008:0519: kernel security and bug fix update (Important)
Description: arch/x86_64/lib/copy_user.S in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 on some AMD64 systems does not erase destination memory locations after an exception during kernel memory copy, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2008:0519-01
CVE-2008-0598
CVE-2008-2358
CVE-2008-2729
Version: 17
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Product(s): kernel
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 815

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux, linux-source-2.6.15/20/22 vulnerabilities USN-625-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_625_1.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2008:0508-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0508-01_kernel.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2008:0519-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0519-01_kernel.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2008:0508 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0508_kernel_centos4_i386.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2008:0508 centos4 x86_64
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0508_kernel_centos4_x86_64.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1630-1 (linux-2.6)
File : nvt/deb_1630_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
48115 Linux Kernel on AMD64 arch/x86_64/lib/copy_user.S Destination Memory Local In...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-11-26 Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2008-2005.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0508.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0519.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2009-0014.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20080625_kernel_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20080625_kernel_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20090114_kernel_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0519.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2009-0014.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-01-15 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-0014.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-24 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1630.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-07-17 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-625-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-07-02 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0508.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-07-02 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0508.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-07-02 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0519.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdi...
Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29943
CONFIRM https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451271
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630
MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:174
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0508.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0519.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html
SECTRACK http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020364
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/30849
http://secunia.com/advisories/30850
http://secunia.com/advisories/31107
http://secunia.com/advisories/31551
http://secunia.com/advisories/31628
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43558

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