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CVE-2008-1669

CVE Details

Release Date:2008-05-08
Impact:Important What is this?

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.

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


CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score: 6.9
Vector String: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version: 2.0
Attack Vector: Local
Attack Complexity: Medium
Authentication: None
Confidentiality Impact: Complete
Integrity Impact: Complete
Availability Impact: Complete

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)ELSA-2008-02372008-05-07
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL)ELSA-2008-02372008-05-07
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-67.0.15.0.1.EL)ELSA-2008-02372008-05-07
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)ELSA-2008-02332008-05-08
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-53.1.19.0.1.el5)ELSA-2008-02332008-05-08
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-53.1.19.0.1.el5)ELSA-2008-02332008-05-08


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