--- title: "CVE-2008-5700\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5700?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2008-5700 Publication date 22 December 2008 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Low** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description 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. ### From the Ubuntu Security Team It was discovered that the ATA subsystem did not correctly set timeouts. A local attacker could exploit this to cause a system hang, leading to a denial of service. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | linux | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 2.6.27-11.27 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2.6.24-23.48 | | 7.10 gutsy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | linux-source-2.6.15 | 8.10 intrepid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | 7.10 gutsy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.6.15-53.75 | | linux-source-2.6.22 | 8.10 intrepid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 2.6.22-16.61 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5700) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5700) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-5700) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5700) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-715-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-715-1) + Linux kernel vulnerabilities + 29 January 2009 + [USN-714-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-714-1) + Linux kernel vulnerabilities + 29 January 2009 ### Other references *