CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-3525

7.2 HIGH Published 2008-09-03 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-09-03
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-264

Description

The sbni_ioctl function in drivers/net/wan/sbni.c in the wan subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.26.3 does not check for the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability before processing a (1) SIOCDEVRESINSTATS, (2) SIOCDEVSHWSTATE, (3) SIOCDEVENSLAVE, or (4) SIOCDEVEMANSIPATE ioctl request, which allows local users to bypass intended capability restrictions.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel 2.6.26.3

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-782 Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control weakness

References