CVE-2008-5700
LOW · CVSS 1.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 1.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (31th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5671)
- Published
- December 22, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5671 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f2f1fa78a155524b849edf359e42a3001ea652c0
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/09/2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33706
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33756(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33758
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33854
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34252
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34762
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34981
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-114.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.9
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0326.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0331.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=474495
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47669
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10948
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8606
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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