FKIE_CVE-2008-1951

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-06-25 12:36 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:52
Severity
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/30803Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29913Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020354Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447705Issue Tracking
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43315
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9635
secalert@redhat.comhttps://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0497.htmlNot Applicable
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/30803Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29913Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020354Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447705Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43315
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9635
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0497.htmlNot Applicable
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
redhat enterprise_linux 4
redhat enterprise_linux 5
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