CVE-2008-1940 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00069.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Grsecurity	Grsecurity Kernel Patch

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:grsecurity:grsecurity_kernel_patch:2.4.33:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:grsecurity:grsecurity_kernel_patch:2.4.33.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:grsecurity:grsecurity_kernel_patch:2.4.33.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:grsecurity:grsecurity_kernel_patch:2.4.33.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:grsecurity:grsecurity_kernel_patch:2.4.34:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:grsecurity:grsecurity_kernel_patch:2.6.18:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:grsecurity:grsecurity_kernel_patch:2.6.24.4:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-1939	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-04-24T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:41:00.234Z

Reserved: 2008-04-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-1940

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-04-25T06:05:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-1940

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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