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CVE-2008-1673
The asn1 implementation in (a) the Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.36.6 and 2.6 before 2.6.25.5, as used in the cifs and ip_nat_snmp_basic…
- 10.0HighCVSS base score
- 7.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The asn1 implementation in (a) the Linux kernel 2.4 before 2.4.36.6 and 2.6 before 2.6.25.5, as used in the cifs and ip_nat_snmp_basic modules; and (b) the gxsnmp package; does not properly validate length values during decoding of ASN.1 BER data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via (1) a length greater than the working buffer, which can lead to an unspecified overflow; (2) an oid length of zero, which can lead to an off-by-one error; or (3) an indefinite length for a primitive encoding.
Timeline
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By redhat
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.1% · top 5.7% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References
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- SUSE-SA:2008:047 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 30000 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30658 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0189 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:038 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 29589 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ddb2c43594f22843e9f3153da151deaba1a834c5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:035 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:052 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-5308 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 32104 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30982 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 30580 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20080611 rPSA-2008-0189-1 kernel xen (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- linux-kernel-ber-decoder-bo(42921) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 30644 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:048 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 32103 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:113 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 1020210 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:174 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 32759 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1770 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 31107 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32370 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 31836 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-625-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=443962 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1592 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:049 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=33afb8403f361919aa5c8fe1d0a4f5ddbfbbea3c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-1674 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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