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CVE-2008-4554
October 15, 2008
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.
Related Resources (26)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32998
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00689.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33180
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11142
http://secunia.com/advisories/35390
http://secunia.com/advisories/32386
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/14/5
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45954
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466707
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1017.html
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=efc968d450e013049a662d22727cf132618dcb2f
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-4554
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4554
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1687
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00693.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31903
http://secunia.com/advisories/33182
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:224
http://secunia.com/advisories/32918
http://secunia.com/advisories/33586
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
5.1
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
LOW
Vulnerable System Integrity
LOW
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.9
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW
CVSS v2
Base Score:
4.6
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
EPSS
Base Score:
0.06