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CVE-2008-2944

Double free vulnerability in the utrace support in the Linux kernel, probably 2.6.18, in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

Double free vulnerability in the utrace support in the Linux kernel, probably 2.6.18, in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora Core 6 (FC6) allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops), as demonstrated by a crash when running the GNU GDB testsuite, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2365.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9 EPSS 0.00059
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Weakness Classification

CWE-415Double Free
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Affected Products & Versions

3
fedoraproject fedora coreall versions
linux kernelall versions
redhat enterprise linuxall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocbugzilla.redhat.com · show_bug.cgi?id=449359bugzilla.redhat.com
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Scoring & Timeline

4.9
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published to NVD30 Jun 2008 · 09:41 PM
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=207002Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43556Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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