CVE-2008-3272
LOW severity · CVSS 2.1 · Information disclosure
2.1CVSS LOW
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=82e68f7ffec3800425f2391c8c86277606860442
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.27-rc2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00001.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.htmlAdvisory