PT-2008-3847 · Red Hat · System-Config-Network

Tomas Hoger · Published 2008-06-02 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-2359

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: system-config-network versions prior to 1.5.10-1

Description: The default configuration of consolehelper in system-config-network lacks the USER=root directive, allowing local users of the workstation console to gain privileges and change the network configuration.

Recommendations: For system-config-network versions prior to 1.5.10-1, update to version 1.5.10-1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-16

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2359

Affected Products

System-Config-Network

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2359 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30399 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00974.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42867 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448557 · Note