PT-2008-3661 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2008-05-12 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-2148

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.6

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.25.3

Description The issue concerns the utimensat system call in the Linux kernel, which fails to check file permissions under specific conditions involving UTIME NOW and UTIME OMIT combinations. This allows local users to alter the file times of any files, potentially resulting in a denial of service.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.25.3, update to version 2.6.25.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2148

RHSA-2008:0585

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 16

• http://secunia.com/advisories/31107 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30241 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30198 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30818 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31628 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2148 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1543/references · Vendor Advisory
• http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0169 · Note
• http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.3 · Note
• http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f9dfda1ad0637a89a64d001cf81478bd8d9b6306 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42342 · Note