What is CVE-2008-3278?

CVE-2008-3278 is a high-severity vulnerability in Frysk, classified under Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-11-07.

How severe is CVE-2008-3278?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

RCE in Frysk

CVE-2008-3278

frysk packages through 2008-08-05 as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 are built with an insecure RPATH set in the ELF header of multiple binaries in /usr/bin/f* (e.g. fcore, fcatch, fstack, fstep, ...) shipped in the package. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability by running arbitrary code as another user.

EPSS: 0.004 (27.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Frysk — versions through 2008-08-05
Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 5.0
Redhat Frysk

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-1188 — Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default

References

secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-3278?: CVE-2008-3278 is a high-severity vulnerability in Frysk, classified under Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-11-07.
How severe is CVE-2008-3278?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.