Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-1294 First vendor Publication 2008-05-02
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2023-11-07

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:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 2.1 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Linux kernel 2.6.17, and other versions before 2.6.22, does not check when a user attempts to set RLIMIT_CPU to 0 until after the change is made, which allows local users to bypass intended resource limits.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1294

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
50 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10974
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10974
Title: Linux kernel 2.6.17, and other versions before 2.6.22, does not check when a user attempts to set RLIMIT_CPU to 0 until after the change is made, which allows local users to bypass intended resource limits.
Description: Linux kernel 2.6.17, and other versions before 2.6.22, does not check when a user attempts to set RLIMIT_CPU to 0 until after the change is made, which allows local users to bypass intended resource limits.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-1294
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 877

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-10-13 Name : SLES10: Security update for Linux kernel
File : nvt/sles10_kernel1.nasl
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for linux-source-2.6.15/20/22 vulnerabilities USN-618-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_618_1.nasl
2009-03-06 Name : RedHat Update for kernel RHSA-2008:0612-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0612-01_kernel.nasl
2008-05-12 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1565-1 (linux-2.6)
File : nvt/deb_1565_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
44991 Linux Kernel RLIMIT_CPU Local Resource Limit Bypass

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-11-26 Name : The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclevm_OVMSA-2008-2005.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0612.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20080804_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-6113.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-06 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2008-0612.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-09-24 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_kernel-6109.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-08-05 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0612.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-06-24 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-618-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-02 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1565.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdi...
Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29004
CONFIRM http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215000
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1565
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0612.html
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/30018
http://secunia.com/advisories/30769
http://secunia.com/advisories/31341
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42145

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