PT-2008-2885 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

David Peer · Published 2008-05-02 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2008-1294

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions 2.6.17 through 2.6.21

Description The issue allows local users to bypass intended resource limits because it does not check when a user attempts to set RLIMIT CPU to 0 until after the change is made.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions 2.6.17 through 2.6.21, update to version 2.6.22 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1294

DSA-1565-1

RHSA-2008:0612

RHSA-2008_0612

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

References · 31

• 🔥 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=9926e4c74300c4b31dee007298c6475d33369df0 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1294 · Security Note
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0612.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-06244 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-06257 · Security Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-06237 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-06272 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-06269 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-06259 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-06242 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-06273 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-06268 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-06253 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-06274 · Security Note