CVE-2008-1940

The RBAC functionality in grsecurity before 2.1.11-2.6.24.5 and 2.1.11-2.4.36.2 does not enforce user_transition_deny and user_transition_allow rules for the (1) sys_setfsuid and (2) sys_setfsgid calls, which allows local users to bypass restrictions for those calls.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.6 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2008-04-25

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected products

• Grsecurity Kernel Patch (Grsecurity)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/29899
• http://www.grsecurity.org/news.php#grsec21113
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28889
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019919
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1323/references
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41952