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CVE-2008-4554

Date: 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.

Severity Score

5.9

Related Resources (28)

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4554

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/1

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1017.html

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32998

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/14/5

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33586

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32918

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1687

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/35390

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4554

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11142

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45954

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32386

Url: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=efc968d450e013049a662d22727cf132618dcb2f

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:224

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00689.html

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00693.html

Url: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33182

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33180

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31903

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466707

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-4554

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-4554

Severity Score

5.9

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

Insufficient Information

NVD-CWE-noinfo

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.9
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.6
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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CVE-2008-4554

Date: October 15, 2008

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