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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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  05/12/2008
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Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.6 LOW
Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 4.9
Exploitability Subscore: 3.9

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git;a=commit;h=f9dfda1ad0637a89a64d001cf81478bd8d9b6306
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.3
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0169
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29134
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1543/references Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42342

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

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

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2148
NVD Published Date:
05/12/2008
NVD Last Modified:
08/07/2017