CVE-2008-1951 (GCVE-0-2008-1951)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-06-25 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:41
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Red Hat build script for Standards Based Linux Instrumentation for Manageability (sblim) libraries before 1-13a.el4_6.1 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4, and before 1-31.el5_2.1 in RHEL 5, allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious library in a certain subdirectory of /var/tmp, related to an incorrect RPATH setting, as demonstrated by a malicious libc.so library for tog-pegasus.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/30803 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0497.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020354 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29913 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447705 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2008-06-24 00:00
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