What is CVE-2008-5700?

CVE-2008-5700 is a Low severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 1.9 out of 10. CVE-2008-5700 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-5700?

CVE-2008-5700 has a CVSS score of 1.9 out of 10, rated Low severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2008-5700?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2008-5700 patch availability.

Is CVE-2008-5700 actively exploited?

CVE-2008-5700 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2008-5700

Low

libata in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.9 does not set minimum timeouts for SG_IO requests, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (Programmed I/O mode on drives) via multiple simultaneous invocations of an unspecified test program.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2008-12-22

Last modified 2026-04-23

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

1.9

out of 10

Low

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness type

CWE-399

CVE-2008-5700 is classified as CWE-399

See CWE-399 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

26 total

Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33756

Vendor Advisory
Kernel Git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f2f1fa78a155524b849edf359e42a3001ea652c0
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html
Openwall
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/09/2
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/33706

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2008-5700

Severity Low

CVSS score 1.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2008-12-22

Modified 2026-04-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-5700?

CVE-2008-5700 is a Low severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 1.9 out of 10 . CVE-2008-5700 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-5700?

CVE-2008-5700 has a CVSS score of 1.9 out of 10, rated Low severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2008-5700?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2008-5700 patch availability.
Is CVE-2008-5700 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2008-5700 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.