CVE-2008-1628
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-1628 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-04-02 17:44:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | Stack-based buffer overflow in the audit_log_user_command function in lib/audit_logging.c in Linux Audit before 1.7 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command argument. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.1 from [email protected]
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Problem Types: CWE-119 | CWE-264 | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
LocalAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
SingleConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux Audit: Buffer overflow — Gentoo Linux Documentation | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| Linux Audit "audit_log_user_command()" Buffer Overflow - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| audit 1.7 released | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| people.redhat.com/sgrubb/audit/ChangeLog | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | people.redhat.com | |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:083 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: audit-1.6.8-4.fc8 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Linux Audit Daemon 'audit_log_user_command()' Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Gentoo update for audit - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Fedora update for audit - Advisories - Secunia | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2008:010 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Webmail - OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | |
| Audit Stack Overflow in audit_log_user_command() Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2008-04-04 | Mark J Cox | This issue did not affect the audit packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. Red Hat is not treating this issue as a security vulnerability for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as no application used the affected interface, and the only result is a controlled application termination as the overflow is detected by the FORTIFY_SOURCE protection mechanism. We plan to address this as non-security bug fix in updated audit packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2. For further details, please see: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-1628 |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.