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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-3525 Detail

Description

The sbni_ioctl function in drivers/net/wan/sbni.c in the wan subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.26.3 does not check for the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability before processing a (1) SIOCDEVRESINSTATS, (2) SIOCDEVSHWSTATE, (3) SIOCDEVENSLAVE, or (4) SIOCDEVEMANSIPATE ioctl request, which allows local users to bypass intended capability restrictions.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f2455eb176ac87081bbfc9a44b21c7cd2bc1967e CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/32103 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/32237 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/32315 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/32356 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/32370 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/32386 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/32393 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/32759 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/33201 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/33280 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1655 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.7 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:220 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:223 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/29/2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0973.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020969 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2511 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2714 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5671 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9364 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00689.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00693.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat

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-2008-3525
NVD Published Date:
09/03/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.