CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-4210

4.6 MEDIUM Published 2008-09-29 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-09-29
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-264

Description

fs/open.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 does not properly strip setuid and setgid bits when there is a write to a file, which allows local users to gain the privileges of a different group, and obtain sensitive information or possibly have unspecified other impact, by creating an executable file in a setgid directory through the (1) truncate or (2) ftruncate function in conjunction with memory-mapped I/O.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 2.6.21.7) • linux linux kernel 2.2.27 • linux linux kernel 2.4.36 • linux linux kernel 2.4.36.1 • linux linux kernel 2.4.36.2 • linux linux kernel 2.4.36.3 • linux linux kernel 2.4.36.4 • linux linux kernel 2.4.36.5 • linux linux kernel 2.4.36.6 • linux linux kernel 2.6 • linux linux kernel 2.6.18 • linux linux kernel 2.6.19.4 • linux linux kernel 2.6.19.5 • linux linux kernel 2.6.19.6 • linux linux kernel 2.6.19.7 • linux linux kernel 2.6.20.16 • linux linux kernel 2.6.20.17 • linux linux kernel 2.6.20.18 • linux linux kernel 2.6.20.19 • linux linux kernel 2.6.20.20 • linux linux kernel 2.6.20.21 • linux linux kernel 2.6.21.5 • linux linux kernel 2.6.21.6

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References