Vulnerability in Grsecurity Kernel Patch
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.
EPSS: 0.003 (24.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Grsecurity Grsecurity_kernel_patch — versions 2.4.33, 2.4.33.2, 2.4.33.3
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)