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CVE-2008-1669 Detail

Description

Linux kernel before 2.6.25.2 does not apply a certain protection mechanism for fcntl functionality, which allows local users to (1) execute code in parallel or (2) exploit a race condition to obtain "re-ordered access to the descriptor table."


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30077 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30101 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30108 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30110 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30112 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30116 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30164 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30252 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30260 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30276 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30515 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30769 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30818 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30962 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/30982 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/31246 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0162 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1575 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.4 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:104 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:105 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0211.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0233.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0237.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491740/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29076 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019974 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1451/references CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1452/references CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2222/references CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42242 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2518 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10065 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://usn.ubuntu.com/614-1/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00232.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00294.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00357.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-1669
NVD Published Date:
05/07/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.