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CVE-2008-1669
May 08, 2008
Linux kernel before 2.6.25.2 does not apply a certain protection mechanism for fcntl functionality, which allows local users to (1) execute code in parallel or (2) exploit a race condition to obtain "re-ordered access to the descriptor table."
Related Resources (47)
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1669
http://secunia.com/advisories/30982
http://secunia.com/advisories/30769
http://secunia.com/advisories/30164
http://secunia.com/advisories/30077
http://secunia.com/advisories/30112
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30252
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019974
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:104
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42242
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29076
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:105
http://secunia.com/advisories/30276
http://secunia.com/advisories/30260
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1451/references
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.4
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30515
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0162
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0233.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30116
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1
http://secunia.com/advisories/31246
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00294.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00232.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30962
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491740/100/0/threaded
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2518
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30108
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1575
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-1669
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00357.html
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.2
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0237.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0211.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2222/references
http://secunia.com/advisories/30110
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10065
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1452/references
http://secunia.com/advisories/30818
http://secunia.com/advisories/30101
https://usn.ubuntu.com/614-1/
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.4
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
CVSS v2
Base Score:
6.9
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CWE-94
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CWE-362
EPSS
Base Score:
0.12