CVE-2008-1669

CVE Details

Release Date:

2008-05-08

Description

Linux kernel before 2.6.25.2 does not apply a certain protection mechanism for fcntl functionality, which allows local users to (1) execute code in parallel or (2) exploit a race condition to obtain re-ordered access to the descriptor table.

See more information about CVE-2008-1669 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.9	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete	Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2008-0237	2008-05-07
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2008-0237	2008-05-07
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL)	ELSA-2008-0237	2008-05-07
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2008-0233	2008-05-08
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.19.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2008-0233	2008-05-08
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.19.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2008-0233	2008-05-08

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