{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2008-3911", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "The proc_do_xprt function in net/sunrpc/sysctl.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.26.3 does not check the length of a certain buffer obtained from userspace, which allows local users to overflow a stack-based buffer and have unspecified other impact via a crafted read system call for the /proc/sys/sunrpc/transports file." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "[oss-security] 20080904 CVE request: kernel: sunrpc: fix possible overrun on read of /proc/sys/sunrpc/transports", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/04/2" }, { "name": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=27df6f25ff218072e0e879a96beeb398a79cdbc8", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=27df6f25ff218072e0e879a96beeb398a79cdbc8" }, { "name": "[linux-kernel] 20080830 Re: buffer overflow in /proc/sys/sunrpc/transports", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/30/184" }, { "name": "31937", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31937" }, { "name": "SUSE-SA:2008:053", "refsource": "SUSE", "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html" }, { "name": "linux-kernel-procdoxprt-bo(45136)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45136" }, { "name": "[linux-kernel] 20080830 buffer overflow in /proc/sys/sunrpc/transports", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/30/140" } ] } }