kernel: information disclosure [LWN.net]

Package(s):

kernel

CVE #(s):

CVE-2008-0598

Created:

June 25, 2008

Updated:

September 1, 2010

Description:

From the Red Hat advisory: Tavis Ormandy discovered a deficiency in the Linux kernel 32-bit and 64-bit emulation. This could allow a local unprivileged user to prepare and run a specially crafted binary, which would use this deficiency to leak uninitialized and potentially sensitive data.

Alerts:

SUSE	SUSE-SA:2010:036	2010-09-01
CentOS	CESA-2008:0973	2008-12-17
Red Hat	RHSA-2008:0973-03	2008-12-16
Mandriva	MDVSA-2008:220-1	2008-11-19
Mandriva	MDVSA-2008:220	2008-10-29
SuSE	SUSE-SA:2008:049	2008-10-02
SuSE	SUSE-SA:2008:048	2008-10-01
SuSE	SUSE-SA:2008:047	2008-10-01
Red Hat	RHSA-2009:0009-02	2009-01-22
Ubuntu	USN-637-1	2008-08-25
Debian	DSA-1630-1	2008-08-21
Ubuntu	USN-625-1	2008-07-15
CentOS	CESA-2008:0508	2008-06-27
CentOS	CESA-2008:0519	2008-06-26
Red Hat	RHSA-2008:0519-01	2008-06-25
Red Hat	RHSA-2008:0508-01	2008-06-25

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