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CVE-2008-2148 Detail

Current Description

The utimensat system call (sys_utimensat) in Linux kernel 2.6.22 and other versions before 2.6.25.3 does not check file permissions when certain UTIME_NOW and UTIME_OMIT combinations are used, which allows local users to modify file times of arbitrary files, possibly leading to a denial of service.


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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f9dfda1ad0637a89a64d001cf81478bd8d9b6306 CVE, MITRE
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.3 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30198 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30241 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30818 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31107 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31628 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0169 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29134 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1543/references CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42342 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2148
NVD Published Date:
05/12/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE