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CVE-2008-1294

Date: May 2, 2008

Linux kernel 2.6.17, and other versions before 2.6.22, does not check when a user attempts to set RLIMIT_CPU to 0 until after the change is made, which allows local users to bypass intended resource limits.

Severity Score

Related Resources (16)

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0612.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31341
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9926e4c74300c4b31dee007298c6475d33369df0
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1294
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-1294
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42145
http://secunia.com/advisories/30018
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1294
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1565
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29004
http://secunia.com/advisories/30769
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10974
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215000
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-1294

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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