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FKIE_CVE-2008-1940

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-04-25 06:05 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30

Severity ?

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.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/29899	Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.grsecurity.org/news.php#grsec21113
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28889	Patch
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019919
cve@mitre.org	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1323/references
cve@mitre.org	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41952
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/29899	Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.grsecurity.org/news.php#grsec21113
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28889	Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019919
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1323/references
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41952

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
grsecurity	grsecurity_kernel_patch	2.4.33
grsecurity	grsecurity_kernel_patch	2.4.33.2
grsecurity	grsecurity_kernel_patch	2.4.33.3
grsecurity	grsecurity_kernel_patch	2.4.33.4
grsecurity	grsecurity_kernel_patch	2.4.34
grsecurity	grsecurity_kernel_patch	2.6.18
grsecurity	grsecurity_kernel_patch	2.6.24.4

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CVE-2008-1940 (GCVE-0-2008-1940)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-04-24 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:41

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

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	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019919	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
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Sightings

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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FKIE_CVE-2008-1940

CVE-2008-1940 (GCVE-0-2008-1940)

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