CVE-2008-2365 describes a race condition in the ptrace and utrace support of the Linux kernel versions 2.6.9 through 2.6.25, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger a denial of service (system crash or "oops") by repeatedly attaching to another user's process. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.7, indicating a medium severity, as it requires local access and medium attack complexity to achieve a complete denial of service. While not on the KEV catalog or Hot List, exploit code for this specific issue is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding it.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.10:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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