{
  "threat_severity" : "Important",
  "public_date" : "2008-11-04T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: missing boundary checks in syscall/syscall32_nopage()",
    "id" : "460251",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460251"
  },
  "details" : [ "arch/i386/kernel/sysenter.c in the Virtual Dynamic Shared Objects (vDSO) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21 does not properly check boundaries, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors, related to the install_special_mapping, syscall, and syscall32_nopage functions.", "Tavis Ormandy reported missing boundary checks in the Virtual Dynamic Shared Objects (vDSO) implementation. This could allow a local unprivileged user to cause a denial of service or privilege escalation. (CVE-2008-3527, Important)" ],
  "statement" : "This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG.",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5",
    "release_date" : "2008-11-04T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2008:0957",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5",
    "package" : "kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3527\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3527" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2008-3527",
  "csaw" : false
}