Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

9 Linux Kernel CVEs in September 2008

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In September 2008, 9 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 9 CVEs represent 12% of all 2008 Linux kernel CVEs , up from August's 8 (a 12% month-over-month increase) .

9
Total CVEs
0
Critical
4
High
4
Medium
1
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — September 2008 9 CVEs
All (9) Critical (0) High (4) Medium (4) Low (1)
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 …

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in September 2008?

9 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 9 CVEs represent 12% of all 2008 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to August's 8 CVEs, this was a 12% increase month-over-month. View the full 2008 breakdown →

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