Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2008-5700 | First vendor Publication | 2008-12-22 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2012-03-19 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 1.9 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.4 | Authentification | None Required |
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Detail
libata in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.9 does not set minimum timeouts for SG_IO requests, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (Programmed I/O mode on drives) via multiple simultaneous invocations of an unspecified test program. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5700 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| id | Name |
|---|---|
| CWE-399 | Resource Management Errors |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8606 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8606 | ||
| Title: | VMware kernel libata vulnerability | ||
| Description: | libata in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.9 does not set minimum timeouts for SG_IO requests, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (Programmed I/O mode on drives) via multiple simultaneous invocations of an unspecified test program. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
| Reference(s): | CVE-2008-5700 |
Version: | 2 |
| Platform(s): | VMWare ESX Server 4 |
Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| id | Description |
|---|---|
| 51000 | Linux Kernel libata SG_IO Request Timeout Invocation Saturation Local DoS |
Internal Sources (Detail)
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2013-05-11 00:33:24 |
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CVE-2008-5700
(Critical)
(High)






