CVE-2008-0731

Summary

CVECVE-2008-0731
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-02-12 21:00:00 UTC
Updated2008-09-05 21:35:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Linux kernel before 2.6.18.8-0.8 in SUSE openSUSE 10.2 does not properly handle failure of an AppArmor change_hat system call, which might allow attackers to trigger the unconfining of an apparmored task.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264 | NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Application Novell Apparmor All All All All
Application Novell Apparmor All All All All
Operating System Suse Open Suse 10.2 All All All
Operating System Suse Open Suse 10.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SUSE update for kernel - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Linux kernel (SUSE-SA:20 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900133 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for cpio 2.13
  • 900134 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for apparmor 2.13
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