01 Record
CVE-2008-5702
Buffer underflow in the ibwdt_ioctl function in drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc1 might allow local users to have an unknown impact via a certain /dev/watchdog
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer underflow in the ibwdt_ioctl function in drivers/watchdog/ib700wdt.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28-rc1 might allow local users to have an unknown impact via a certain /dev/watchdog
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 42.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-12-22 15:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 11:04Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-12-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 73e9d04cac3d6d11c314ee9307213192ed44d3d6ce693819c2f22444dd76a9de
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com35390http://secunia.com/advisories/35390
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20081217 Re: CVE request: kernel: watchdog: ib700wdt.c - buffer_underflow bughttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/20
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20081216 Re: CVE request: kernel: watchdog: ib700wdt.c - buffer_underflow bughttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/6
- secunia.com33706http://secunia.com/advisories/33706
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11344https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11344
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2009:010http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html
- secunia.com33756http://secunia.com/advisories/33756
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc1
- lkml.org[linux-kernel] 20081005 [PATCH 04/19] ib700wdt: Fix off by onehttp://lkml.org/lkml/2008/10/5/173
- www.debian.orgDSA-1794http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2009:030http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:0014http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0014.html
- secunia.com35011http://secunia.com/advisories/35011
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlinux-kernel-ibwdtioctl-unknown(47667)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47667
- secunia.com33556http://secunia.com/advisories/33556
- bugzilla.kernel.orghttp://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11399
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7c2500f17d65092d93345f3996cf82ebca17e9ff
- secunia.com34981http://secunia.com/advisories/34981
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-714-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/
- www.debian.orgDSA-1787http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-715-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20081217 Re: CVE request: kernel: watchdog: ib700wdt.c - buffer_underflow bughttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/9
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20081210 CVE request: kernel: watchdog: ib700wdt.c - buffer_underflow bughttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/10/2