CVE-2008-1951

Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Red Hat build script for Standards Based Linux Instrumentation for Manageability (sblim) libraries before 1-13a.el4_6.1 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4, and before 1-31.el5_2.1 in RHEL 5, allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious library in a certain subdirectory of /var/tmp, related to an incorrect RPATH setting, as demonstrated by a malicious libc.so library for tog-pegasus.

CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447705	Issue Tracking
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0497.html	Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/30803	Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020354	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29913	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43315
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9635

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:::::::*

Information

Published : 2008-06-25 05:36

Updated : 2023-02-12 18:19

NVD link : CVE-2008-1951

Mitre link : CVE-2008-1951

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux

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