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CVE-2008-3901

Publication date 3 September 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

Software suspend 2 2-2.2.1, when used with the Linux kernel 2.6.16, stores pre-boot authentication passwords in the BIOS Keyboard buffer and does not clear this buffer after use, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the physical memory locations associated with this buffer.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux 8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life, was needed
7.10 gutsy Not in release
7.04 feisty Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
linux-source-2.6.15 8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
7.10 gutsy Not in release
7.04 feisty Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life, was needed
linux-source-2.6.20 8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
7.10 gutsy Not in release
7.04 feisty Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
linux-source-2.6.22 8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
7.10 gutsy Ignored end of life, was needed
7.04 feisty Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Notes

jdstrand

requires root access to the machine which gives access to do anything anyway (unless restricting root access via SELinux, which Ubuntu does not)