NVD - CVE-2008-1951

CVE-2008-1951 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

Description

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.

Source: MITRE
Description Last Modified: 06/25/2008

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.6 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 3.9

Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Provides unauthorized access
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows disruption of service

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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

References to Check Content

Identifier:: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9635
Check System:: http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:: http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9635

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes Vulnerable Software
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Change History

5 change records found - show changes

Modified Analysis - 11/8/2016 1:07:52 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	CPE Configuration	Configuration 1 OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:desktop_workstation:5::client:::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4::as:::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop:::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4::es:::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4::ws:::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:4:::::::	Configuration 1 OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4:::::::
Changed	Reference Type	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9635 No Types Assigned	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9635 Not Applicable
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/30803 Vendor Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/30803 Third Party Advisory, Permissions Required
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29913 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29913 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020354 No Types Assigned	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020354 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43315 No Types Assigned	http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43315 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447705 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447705 Issue Tracking
Changed	Reference Type	https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0497.html No Types Assigned	https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0497.html Not Applicable

Initial CVE Analysis - 11/8/2016 10:13:02 AM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	CPE Configuration	Configuration 1 OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:desktop_workstation:5::client:::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4::as:::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop:::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4::es:::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4::ws:::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:4:::::::	Configuration 1 OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4:::::::
Changed	Reference Type	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9635 No Types Assigned	http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9635 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/30803 Vendor Advisory	http://secunia.com/advisories/30803 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29913 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29913 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020354 No Types Assigned	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020354 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43315 No Types Assigned	http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43315 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0497.html No Types Assigned	https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0497.html Not Applicable

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-1951
NVD Published Date:
06/25/2008
NVD Last Modified:
09/28/2017

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