Improper privilege management in Linux kernel - CVE-2008-2931
Published: July 9, 2008 / Updated: February 13, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92711
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-2931
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management error. A local user can execute arbitrary code.
How to mitigate CVE-2008-2931
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/4
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454388
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30126
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31614
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32023
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31551
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32759
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30982
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43696
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10437
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/637-1/
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ee6f958291e2a768fd727e7a67badfff0b67711a