CVE-2008-3833
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 3, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 27, 2008
Description
The generic_file_splice_write function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 does not properly strip setuid and setgid bits when there is a write to a file, which allows local users to gain the privileges of a different group, and obtain sensitive information or possibly have unspecified other impact, by splicing into an inode in order to create an executable file in a setgid directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4210.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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References
- 32485third-party-advisory
- 32237third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20081003 CVE-2008-3833 kernel: remove SUID when splicing into an inodemailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464450
- RHSA-2008:0957vendor-advisory
- kernel-genericfilesplice-priv-escalation(45922)vdb-entry
- DSA-1653vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.19.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8c34e2d63231d4bf4852bac8521883944d770fe3
- 32759third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9980vdb-entrysignature
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.19/ChangeLog-2.6.19-rc3
- SUSE-SR:2008:025vendor-advisory
- 31567vdb-entry
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