Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-5182 First vendor Publication 2008-11-20
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2018-10-11

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 6.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The inotify functionality in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.28-rc5 might allow local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors related to race conditions in inotify watch removal and umount.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5182

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-362 Race Condition

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10584
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10584
Title: The inotify functionality in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.28-rc5 might allow local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors related to race conditions in inotify watch removal and umount.
Description: The inotify functionality in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.28-rc5 might allow local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors related to race conditions in inotify watch removal and umount.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-5182
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
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Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 1106

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2011-08-09 Name : CentOS Update for kernel CESA-2010:0046 centos5 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2010_0046_kernel_centos5_i386.nasl
2010-01-20 Name : RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2010:0046-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2010_0046-01_kernel.nasl
2009-10-13 Name : SLES10: Security update for Linux kernel
File : nvt/sles10_kernel4.nasl
2009-03-02 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0021
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_0021.nasl
2009-02-13 Name : Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2008-11593
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_11593_kernel_fc10.nasl
2009-02-13 Name : Fedora Update for kernel FEDORA-2008-11618
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_11618_kernel_fc9.nasl
2009-02-10 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0053
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_0053.nasl
2009-02-02 Name : Ubuntu USN-715-1 (linux)
File : nvt/ubuntu_715_1.nasl
2009-01-26 Name : RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0225
File : nvt/RHSA_2009_0225.nasl
2009-01-26 Name : SuSE Security Advisory SUSE-SA:2009:004 (kernel)
File : nvt/suse_sa_2009_004.nasl
2009-01-20 Name : SuSE Security Advisory SUSE-SA:2009:003 (kernel-debug)
File : nvt/suse_sa_2009_003.nasl
2008-12-10 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1681-1 (linux-2.6.24)
File : nvt/deb_1681_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
50331 Linux Kernel inotify Functionality inotify / umount Unspecified Local Privile...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0046.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-0021.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0439.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20090210_kernel_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-17 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_kernel-5927.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-21 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2010-0046.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-20 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0046.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_kernel-5924.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_kernel-090114.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-715-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-714-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-11593.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-01-22 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_kernel-5920.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-01-21 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2009-0225.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-26 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2008-11618.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-16 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1687.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-05 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1681.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33503
BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499044/100/0/threaded
CONFIRM http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc5
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0332
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2915
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681
FEDORA https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg0135...
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0225.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/32998
http://secunia.com/advisories/33083
http://secunia.com/advisories/33348
http://secunia.com/advisories/33623
http://secunia.com/advisories/33641
http://secunia.com/advisories/33704
http://secunia.com/advisories/33706
http://secunia.com/advisories/33756
http://secunia.com/advisories/33854
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00010.html
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/

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