Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

11 Linux Kernel CVEs in September 2008

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In September 2008, 11 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 4 were rated High severity and 4 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. September's 11 CVEs represent 14% of all 2008 Linux kernel CVEs , up from August's 8 (a 38% month-over-month increase) .

11
Total CVEs
0
Critical
4
High
4
Medium
3
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — September 2008 11 CVEs
All (11) Critical (0) High (4) Medium (4) Low (3)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2008-3915 linux High 9.3 2008-09-11 Buffer overflow in nfsd in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.4, when NFSv4 is enabled, allows remote attackers to have an …
CVE-2008-3911 linux High 7.2 2008-09-04 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 bu…
CVE-2008-3525 linux High 7.2 2008-09-03 The sbni_ioctl function in drivers/net/wan/sbni.c in the wan subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.26.3 does not check for …
CVE-2008-3792 linux High 7.1 2008-09-03 net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26.4…
CVE-2008-4302 linux Medium 5.5 2008-09-29 fs/splice.c in the splice subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22.2 does not properly handle a failure of the add_t…
CVE-2007-6716 linux Medium 5.5 2008-09-04 fs/direct-io.c in the dio subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23 does not properly zero out the dio struct, which …
CVE-2008-4113 linux Medium 4.7 2008-09-16 The sctp_getsockopt_hmac_ident function in net/sctp/socket.c in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) impleme…
CVE-2008-4210 linux Medium 4.6 2008-09-29 fs/open.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 does not properly strip setuid and setgid bits when there is a write to a f…
CVE-2008-3528 linux Low 2.1 2008-09-27 The error-reporting functionality in (1) fs/ext2/dir.c, (2) fs/ext3/dir.c, and possibly (3) fs/ext4/dir.c in the Linux …
CVE-2008-3889 linux Low 2.1 2008-09-12 Postfix 2.4 before 2.4.9, 2.5 before 2.5.5, and 2.6 before 2.6-20080902, when used with the Linux 2.6 kernel, leaks epo…
CVE-2008-3901 linux Low 2.1 2008-09-03 Software suspend 2 2-2.2.1, when used with the Linux kernel 2.6.16, stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIO…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in September 2008?

11 Linux kernel CVEs were published in September 2008, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 4 High, and 4 Medium.

How does September 2008 compare to other months?

September 2008's 11 CVEs represent 14% of all 2008 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to August's 8 CVEs, this was a 38% increase month-over-month. View the full 2008 breakdown →

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