CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-3278

Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default

Published: Nov 07, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

frysk packages through 2008-08-05 as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 are built with an insecure RPATH set in the ELF header of multiple binaries in /usr/bin/f* (e.g. fcore, fcatch, fstack, fstep, …) shipped in the package. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability by running arbitrary code as another user.

Weakness

The product initializes or sets a resource with a default that is intended to be changed by the product’s installer, administrator, or maintainer, but the default is not secure.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Frysk Redhat * 2008-08-05 (including)

References