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CVSSv2

CVE-2008-1669

Published: 08/05/2008 Updated: 30/10/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.9 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.4
VMScore: 614
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Vulnerability Summary

Linux kernel prior to 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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Vendor Advisories

Ubuntu Security Notice: linux-source-2.6.15/20/22 vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the ALSA /proc interface did not write the correct number of bytes when reporting memory allocations A local attacker might be able to access sensitive kernel memory, leading to a loss of privacy (CVE-2007-4571) ...
Ubuntu Security Notice: linux vulnerabilities
It was discovered that PowerPC kernels did not correctly handle reporting certain system details By requesting a specific set of information, a local attacker could cause a system crash resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2007-6694) ...
Debian Security Advisories: DSA-1575-1 linux-2.6 -- denial of service
A vulnerability has been discovered in the Linux kernel that may lead to a denial of service The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problem: CVE-2008-1669 Alexander Viro discovered a race condition in the fcntl code that may permit local users on multi-processor systems to execute parallel code paths ...

References

CWE-94CWE-362http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.2http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0211.htmlhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0233.htmlhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0237.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29076http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0162https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2518http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.4http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1575https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00232.htmlhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00294.htmlhttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00357.htmlhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:105http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019974http://secunia.com/advisories/30077http://secunia.com/advisories/30108http://secunia.com/advisories/30260http://secunia.com/advisories/30276http://secunia.com/advisories/30252http://secunia.com/advisories/30164http://secunia.com/advisories/30515http://secunia.com/advisories/30962http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/30769http://secunia.com/advisories/30818http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.htmlhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1http://secunia.com/advisories/31246http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.htmlhttp://secunia.com/advisories/30112http://secunia.com/advisories/30110http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:104http://secunia.com/advisories/30116http://secunia.com/advisories/30101http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1452/referenceshttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2222/referenceshttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1451/referenceshttp://secunia.com/advisories/30982https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42242https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10065https://usn.ubuntu.com/614-1/http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491740/100/0/threadedhttps://nvd.nist.govhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/618-1/
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