CVE-2008-4554
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 15, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 14, 2008
Description
The do_splice_from function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not reject file descriptors that have the O_APPEND flag set, which allows local users to bypass append mode and make arbitrary changes to other locations in the file.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- 35390third-party-advisory
- 32998third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20081013 CVE request: kernel: don't allow splice() to files opened with O_APPENDmailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466707
- MDVSA-2008:224vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11142vdb-entrysignature
- linux-kernel-dosplicefrom-security-bypass(45954)vdb-entry
- 31903vdb-entry
- RHSA-2009:0009vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2009:030vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-8929vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20081014 Re: CVE request: kernel: don't allow splice() to files opened with O_APPENDmailing-list
- 33586third-party-advisory
- DSA-1687vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=efc968d450e013049a662d22727cf132618dcb2f
- 32918third-party-advisory
- USN-679-1vendor-advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27
- 33180third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2008:1017vendor-advisory
- 32386third-party-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-8980vendor-advisory
- DSA-1681vendor-advisory
- 33182third-party-advisory
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