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CVE-2008-5079

net/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.27.8 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel…

Medium4.9Public exploitEPSS 1.1%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
redhat

Description

net/atm/svc.c in the ATM subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.27.8 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel infinite loop) by making two calls to svc_listen for the same socket, and then reading a /proc/net/atm/*vc file, related to corruption of the vcc table.

Public exploit

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Exploit-DB1 entry

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Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By redhat

  2. · 25 days later

    Published

  3. · 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

CVSS scores of CVE-2008-5079, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified2.0Medium4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
1.1% · top 34% 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: Medium 4.9.

Weakness

Affected products

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References (29)

Sources

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