CVE-2008-0884

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-0884
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-04 00:44:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 02:18:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Replace function in the capp-lspp-config script in the (1) lspp-eal4-config-ibm and (2) capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp packages before 0.65-2 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 uses lstat instead of stat to determine the /etc/pam.d/system-auth file permissions, leading to a change to world-writable permissions for the /etc/pam.d/system-auth-ac file, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying this file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 All All All
Operating System Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 All All All

References

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IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Red Hat lspp-eal4-config-ibm and capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp Labeled Security Protection Profile Scripts Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges SECTRACK securitytracker.com
Bug 435442 – CVE-2008-0884 system-auth-ac is world-writable CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat 'capp-lspp-config' Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE-2008-0884 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat lspp-eal4-config-ibm / capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp Privilege Escalation - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
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