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CVE-2008-1669

Date: May 7, 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."

Severity Score

7.4

Related Resources (49)

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10065

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30252

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30110

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0211.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30077

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.4

Url: http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30116

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1451/references

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019974

Url: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0162

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31246

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1669

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30276

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0233.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30112

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30818

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.2

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491740/100/0/threaded

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00232.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30515

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00294.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1669

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30164

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2222/references

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30260

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00357.html

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42242

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30962

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:105

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30982

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/614-1/

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:104

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30101

Url: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2518

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29076

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1575

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-1669

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30108

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30769

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1452/references

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0237.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-1669

Severity Score

7.4

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

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.4
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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Date: May 7, 2008

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