CVE-2008-1615 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel 2.6.18 and potentially other versions, specifically on AMD64 architectures. A local attacker can trigger a system crash through certain ptrace calls, impacting AMD Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux distributions. Rated with a CVSS score of 4.9, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, leading to a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
as_4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:as_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
es_4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:es_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
ws_4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:ws_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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