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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.9

CVE-2008-5079 json

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 infinit…

published 2008-12-09 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-5058

cvss
4.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • kernel-rt enterprise mrg 1 2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-trace enterprise mrg 1 2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-vanilla enterprise mrg 1 2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
  • kernel-rt-debuginfo-common enterprise mrg 1 2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
  • kernel RHEL 5 2.6.18-128.el5
  • kernel-PAE RHEL 5 2.6.18-128.el5
  • kernel-xen RHEL 5 2.6.18-128.el5
  • kernel-kdump RHEL 5 2.6.18-128.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:0053RHSA-2009:0225RHSA-2009:0021

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-5079 updated

Linux Kernel 'atm module' Local Denial of Service

  • Red Hat MRG Realtime for RHEL 5 Server kernel-rt 2.6.24.7-101.el5rt, kernel-rt-trace 2.6.24.7-101.el5rt, kernel-rt-vanilla 2.6.24.7-101.el5rt, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common 2.6.24.7-101.el5rt
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0053
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) kernel 2.6.18-128.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-128.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-128.el5, kernel-kdump 2.6.18-128.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-128.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) kernel 2.6.18-128.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-128.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-128.el5, kernel-kdump 2.6.18-128.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-128.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0225
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.2 server) kernel 2.6.18-92.1.24.el5, kernel-PAE 2.6.18-92.1.24.el5, kernel-xen 2.6.18-92.1.24.el5, kernel-kdump 2.6.18-92.1.24.el5, kernel-debuginfo-common 2.6.18-92.1.24.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0021

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-7405)

Exploit prediction

1.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-7405 Linux Kernel 2.6.27.8 - ATMSVC Local Denial of Service dos, 2008-12-10

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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