CVE-2008-4554

CVE Details

Release Date:	2008-10-15
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

The do_splice_from function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not reject file descriptors that have the O_APPEND flag set, which allows local users to bypass append mode and make arbitrary changes to other locations in the file.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.6
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel)	ELSA-2008-1017	2008-12-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-92.1.22.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2008-1017	2008-12-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (ofa-2.6.18-92.1.22.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2008-1017	2008-12-17
Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-92.1.22.0.1.el5)	ELSA-2008-1017	2008-12-17