CVE-2008-5033

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2008-10-11
Bugzilla:
470958: CVE-2008-5033 kernel: security: avoid calling a NULL function pointer in drivers/video/tvaudio.c

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The chip_command function in drivers/media/video/tvaudio.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.25.x before 2.6.25.19, 2.6.26.x before 2.6.26.7, and 2.6.27.x before 2.6.27.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL function pointer dereference and OOPS) via unknown vectors.

Find out more about CVE-2008-5033 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, 5 or Red Hat Enterprise MRG.

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