CVE-2007-3912

Summary

CVECVE-2007-3912
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-09-10 17:17:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-29 01:32:00 UTC
Descriptioncheckrestart in debian-goodies before 0.34 allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in the name of the executable file for a running process.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264 | CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Debian Debian-goodies 0.27 All All All
Application Debian Debian-goodies 0.33 All All All
Application Debian Debian-goodies 0.27 All All All
Application Debian Debian-goodies 0.33 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ubuntu update for debian-goodies - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
#440411 - checkrestart: arbitrary root-privileged command execution - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1527-1 debian-goodies DEBIAN www.debian.org
debian-goodies Checkrestart Script Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
USN-526-1: debian-goodies vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
40483 OSVDB osvdb.org
Debian debian-goodies Command Execution Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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