CVE-2008-1940

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1940
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-25 06:05:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe RBAC functionality in grsecurity before 2.1.11-2.6.24.5 and 2.1.11-2.4.36.2 does not enforce user_transition_deny and user_transition_allow rules for the (1) sys_setfsuid and (2) sys_setfsgid calls, which allows local users to bypass restrictions for those calls.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Grsecurity Grsecurity Kernel Patch 2.4.33 All All All
Application Grsecurity Grsecurity Kernel Patch 2.4.33.2 All All All
Application Grsecurity Grsecurity Kernel Patch 2.4.33.3 All All All
Application Grsecurity Grsecurity Kernel Patch 2.4.33.4 All All All
Application Grsecurity Grsecurity Kernel Patch 2.4.34 All All All
Application Grsecurity Grsecurity Kernel Patch 2.6.18 All All All
Application Grsecurity Grsecurity Kernel Patch 2.6.24.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
grsecurity Lets Local Users Bypass Role Based Access Control Rules - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
grsecurity af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.grsecurity.org
grsecurity RBAC User Transition Security Issue - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
grsecurity Multiple RBAC Local Security Bypass Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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