Revision Date: | 2013-04-29 | Version: | 12 | Title: | fs/open.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 does not properly strip setuid and setgid bits when there is a write to a file, which allows local users to gain the privileges of a different group, and obtain sensitive information or possibly have unspecified other impact, by creating an executable file in a setgid directory through the (1) truncate or (2) ftruncate function in conjunction with memory-mapped I/O. | Description: | fs/open.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 does not properly strip setuid and setgid bits when there is a write to a file, which allows local users to gain the privileges of a different group, and obtain sensitive information or possibly have unspecified other impact, by creating an executable file in a setgid directory through the (1) truncate or (2) ftruncate function in conjunction with memory-mapped I/O. | Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability | Status: | ACCEPTED | Reference(s): | CVE-2008-4210
| Platform(s): | CentOS Linux 3 CentOS Linux 4 CentOS Linux 5 Oracle Linux 4 Oracle Linux 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
| Product(s): | | Definition Synopsis | OS Section: RHEL3, CentOS3 RHEL3 or CentOS3
The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
OR CentOS Linux 3.x
AND Configuration section
kernel-BOOT is earlier than 0:2.4.21-58.EL
OR kernel-unsupported is earlier than 0:2.4.21-58.EL
OR kernel-smp-unsupported is earlier than 0:2.4.21-58.EL
OR kernel-hugemem-unsupported is earlier than 0:2.4.21-58.EL
OR kernel-hugemem is earlier than 0:2.4.21-58.EL
OR kernel is earlier than 0:2.4.21-58.EL
OR kernel-source is earlier than 0:2.4.21-58.EL
OR kernel-doc is earlier than 0:2.4.21-58.EL
OR kernel-smp is earlier than 0:2.4.21-58.EL
OR OS Section: RHEL4, CentOS4, Oracle Linux 4
RHEL4, CentOS4 or Oracle Linux 4
The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
OR CentOS Linux 4.x
OR Oracle Linux 4.x
AND Configuration section
kernel-xenU is earlier than 0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL
OR kernel-hugemem is earlier than 0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL
OR kernel-hugemem-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL
OR kernel-xenU-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL
OR kernel-smp-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL
OR kernel-largesmp-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL
OR kernel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL
OR kernel-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL
OR kernel-doc is earlier than 0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL
OR kernel-largesmp is earlier than 0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL
OR kernel-smp is earlier than 0:2.6.9-78.0.8.EL
OR OS Section: RHEL5, CentOS5, Oracle Linux 5
RHEL5, CentOS5 or Oracle Linux 5
The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
OR The operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x
OR Oracle Linux 5.x
AND Configuration section
kernel-kdump is earlier than 0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5
OR kernel-debug is earlier than 0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5
OR kernel-xen is earlier than 0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5
OR kernel-headers is earlier than 0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5
OR kernel-kdump-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5
OR kernel-xen-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5
OR kernel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5
OR kernel-PAE-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5
OR kernel-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5
OR kernel-PAE is earlier than 0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5
OR kernel-debug-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5
OR kernel-doc is earlier than 0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5
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