CVE-2008-1940 (GCVE-0-2008-1940)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-04-24 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:41
VLAI?
Summary
The RBAC functionality in grsecurity before 2.1.11-2.6.24.5 and 2.1.11-2.4.36.2 does not enforce user_transition_deny and user_transition_allow rules for the (1) sys_setfsuid and (2) sys_setfsgid calls, which allows local users to bypass restrictions for those calls.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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