The snd_seq_oss_synth_make_info function in sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_synth.c in the sound subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27-rc2 does not verify that the device number is within the range defined by max_synthdev before returning certain data to the caller, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/637-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
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History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2008-08-08T18:12:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:28:41.969Z

Reserved: 2008-07-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-3272

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-08-08T18:41:00.000

Modified: 2023-02-13T02:19:19.250

Link: CVE-2008-3272

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2008-08-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-3272 - Bugzilla