NVD

CVE-2008-2931 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

The do_change_type function in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 does not verify that the caller has the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service by modifying the properties of a mountpoint.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 7.8 HIGH

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 7.2 HIGH

Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (01/15/2009)

This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG. It was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ee6f958291e2a768fd727e7a67badfff0b67711a
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ee6f958291e2a768fd727e7a67badfff0b67711a
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22	Broken Link
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22	Broken Link
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30982	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30982	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31551	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31551	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31614	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/31614	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32023	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32023	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32759	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32759	Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/3	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/3	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/4	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/4	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html	Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30126	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30126	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454388	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454388	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43696	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43696	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10437	Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10437	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/637-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/637-1/	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-269	Improper Privilege Management	NIST

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Change History

9 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 7:48:02 PM

Action	Type	New Value
Added	Reference	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ee6f958291e2a768fd727e7a67badfff0b67711a
Added	Reference	http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22
Added	Reference	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html
Added	Reference	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html
Added	Reference	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html
Added	Reference	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/30982
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/31551
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/31614
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/32023
Added	Reference	http://secunia.com/advisories/32759
Added	Reference	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630
Added	Reference	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/3
Added	Reference	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/4
Added	Reference	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html
Added	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30126
Added	Reference	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454388
Added	Reference	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43696
Added	Reference	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10437
Added	Reference	https://usn.ubuntu.com/637-1/

Modified Analysis by NIST 8/06/2020 10:50:09 AM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CVSS V3.1		NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added	CVSS V2		NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Removed	CVSS V2	NIST (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Added	CWE		NIST CWE-269
Removed	CWE	NIST CWE-264
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06::::lts:::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10::::::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04::::lts:::*
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:4.0:::::::
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:10.0:sp1::::::* cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_desktop:10.0:sp2::::::* cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:10.0:sp1::::::* cpe:2.3:o:novell:suse_linux_enterprise_server:10.0:sp2::::::* cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse::::::::* versions from (including) 10.3 up to (including) 11.0
Removed	CPE Configuration	Record truncated, showing 500 of 32882 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.1::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.2::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.3::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.4::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.5::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.6::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.7::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.0.8:::::::
Changed	Reference Type	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=ee6f958291e2a768fd727e7a67badfff0b67711a Exploit	http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=ee6f958291e2a768fd727e7a67badfff0b67711a Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22 No Types Assigned	http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html No Types Assigned	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/30982 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/30982 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/31551 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/31551 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/31614 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/31614 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32023 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32023 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://secunia.com/advisories/32759 No Types Assigned	http://secunia.com/advisories/32759 Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630 No Types Assigned	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1630 Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/3 No Types Assigned	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/4 Exploit	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html No Types Assigned	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0885.html Broken Link
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30126 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30126 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454388 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454388 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43696 No Types Assigned	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43696 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10437 No Types Assigned	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10437 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://usn.ubuntu.com/637-1/ No Types Assigned	https://usn.ubuntu.com/637-1/ Third Party Advisory
Removed	CVSS V2 Metadata	Obtain Admin/Root Access

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2931
NVD Published Date:
07/09/2008
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.

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CVE-2008-2931 Detail

Description

Metrics

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (01/15/2009)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

CPEs loading, please wait.

Change History

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 7:48:02 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/13/2024 9:54:17 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/12/2023 9:19:13 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 8/06/2020 10:50:09 AM

CPE Deprecation Remap by NIST 10/30/2018 12:25:10 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 10/03/2018 5:54:38 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 9/28/2017 9:31:25 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 8/07/2017 9:31:27 PM

Initial CVE Analysis 7/09/2008 3:43:00 PM

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