CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-3833

Published: Oct 03, 2008 | Modified: Feb 13, 2023
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The generic_file_splice_write function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 does not properly strip setuid and setgid bits when there is a write to a file, which allows local users to gain the privileges of a different group, and obtain sensitive information or possibly have unspecified other impact, by splicing into an inode in order to create an executable file in a setgid directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4210.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux * 2.6.26.4 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.2.27 (including) 2.2.27 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.36 (including) 2.4.36 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.36.1 (including) 2.4.36.1 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.36.2 (including) 2.4.36.2 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.36.3 (including) 2.4.36.3 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.36.4 (including) 2.4.36.4 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.36.5 (including) 2.4.36.5 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.4.36.6 (including) 2.4.36.6 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6 (including) 2.6 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.18 (including) 2.6.18 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.18-rc1 (including) 2.6.18-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.18-rc2 (including) 2.6.18-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.18-rc3 (including) 2.6.18-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.18-rc4 (including) 2.6.18-rc4 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.18-rc5 (including) 2.6.18-rc5 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.18-rc6 (including) 2.6.18-rc6 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.18-rc7 (including) 2.6.18-rc7 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.19.4 (including) 2.6.19.4 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.19.5 (including) 2.6.19.5 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.19.6 (including) 2.6.19.6 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.19.7 (including) 2.6.19.7 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.20.16 (including) 2.6.20.16 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.20.17 (including) 2.6.20.17 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.20.18 (including) 2.6.20.18 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.20.19 (including) 2.6.20.19 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.20.20 (including) 2.6.20.20 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.20.21 (including) 2.6.20.21 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.21.5 (including) 2.6.21.5 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.21.6 (including) 2.6.21.6 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.21.7 (including) 2.6.21.7 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.22 (including) 2.6.22 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.22.1 (including) 2.6.22.1 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.22.2 (including) 2.6.22.2 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.22.8 (including) 2.6.22.8 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.22.9 (including) 2.6.22.9 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.22.10 (including) 2.6.22.10 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.22.11 (including) 2.6.22.11 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.22.12 (including) 2.6.22.12 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.22.13 (including) 2.6.22.13 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.22.14 (including) 2.6.22.14 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.22.15 (including) 2.6.22.15 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.22.17 (including) 2.6.22.17 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.22.18 (including) 2.6.22.18 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.22.19 (including) 2.6.22.19 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.22.20 (including) 2.6.22.20 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.22.21 (including) 2.6.22.21 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.22.22 (including) 2.6.22.22 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.22_rc1 (including) 2.6.22_rc1 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.22_rc7 (including) 2.6.22_rc7 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.23 (including) 2.6.23 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.23.8 (including) 2.6.23.8 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.23.9 (including) 2.6.23.9 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.23.10 (including) 2.6.23.10 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.23.11 (including) 2.6.23.11 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.23.12 (including) 2.6.23.12 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.23.13 (including) 2.6.23.13 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.23.15 (including) 2.6.23.15 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.23.16 (including) 2.6.23.16 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.23.17 (including) 2.6.23.17 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.24 (including) 2.6.24 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.25 (including) 2.6.25 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.26.1 (including) 2.6.26.1 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.26.2 (including) 2.6.26.2 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.26.3 (including) 2.6.26.3 (including)

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