CVE-2008-3527 (GCVE-0-2008-3527)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-05 14:51 – Updated: 2024-08-07 09:45
VLAI
Summary
arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c in the Virtual Dynamic Shared Objects (vDSO) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21 does not properly check boundaries, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, related to the install_special_mapping, syscall, and syscall32_nopage functions.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 1014 records in the last 180 days details
References
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http://secunia.com/advisories/32759 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/33180 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Date Public
2008-11-04 00:00
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    "redhat_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "Important",
      "current_release_date": "2026-06-27T17:44:37+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2008-3527",
      "id": "CVE-2008-3527",
      "initial_release_date": "2008-11-04T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "88",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "kernel: missing boundary checks in syscall/syscall32_nopage()",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2008/cve-2008-3527.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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