CVE-2008-5700 Information

Description

libata in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.9 does not set minimum timeouts for SG_IO requests which allows local users to cause a denial of service (Programmed I/O mode on drives) via multiple simultaneous invocations of an unspecified test program.

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git;a=commit;h=f2f1fa78a155524b849edf359e42a3001ea652c0 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/09/2 http://secunia.com/advisories/33706 http://secunia.com/advisories/33756 http://secunia.com/advisories/33758 http://secunia.com/advisories/33854 http://secunia.com/advisories/34252 http://secunia.com/advisories/34762 http://secunia.com/advisories/34981 http://secunia.com/advisories/37471 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-114.htm http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.9 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0326.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0331.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474495 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47669 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10948 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A8606 https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/