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CVE-2008-3272

Status: ModifiedLow (2.1)—

The snd_seq_oss_synth_make_info function in sound/core/seq/oss/seq_oss_synth.c in the sound subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27-rc2 does not verify that the device number is within the range defined by max_synthdev before returning certain data to the caller, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (7)

Canonical — Ubuntu LinuxDebian — Debian LinuxLinux — Linux KernelRedhat — Enterprise Linux DesktopRedhat — Enterprise Linux EUSRedhat — Enterprise Linux ServerRedhat — Enterprise Linux Workstation

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