net/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.27.8 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) by making two calls to svc_listen for the same socket, and then reading a /proc/net/atm/*vc file, related to corruption of the vcc table.
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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5079 cve-icon
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History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2008-12-09T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:40:17.192Z

Reserved: 2008-11-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-5079

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-12-09T00:30:00.300

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:53:14.460

Link: CVE-2008-5079

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-5079 - Bugzilla