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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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1630-1 New Linux 2.6.18 packages fix several vulnerabilities
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1636-1 New Linux 2.6.24 packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-3260 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-637-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=82e68f7ffec3800425f2391c8c86277606860442 cve-icon cve-icon
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31366 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31551 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31614 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31836 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/31881 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32023 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32103 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32104 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32190 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32370 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32759 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32799 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1636 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:220 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0857.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30559 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020636 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2307 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44225 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3272 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11182 cve-icon cve-icon
https://usn.ubuntu.com/637-1/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3272 cve-icon
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

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

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

Link: CVE-2008-3272

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-3272

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2008-3272 - Bugzilla

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