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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-3833
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CVE-2008-3833

Description:
The generic_file_splice_write function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 does not properly strip setuid and setgid bits when there is a write to a file, which allows local users to gain the privileges of a different group, and obtain sensitive information or possibly have unspecified other impact, by splicing into an inode in order to create an executable file in a setgid directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4210.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45922

SUSE
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA32485
  Secunia Advisory: SA32759
  Secunia Advisory: SA32237

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html

MLIST
  http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/03/1

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653

CONFIRM
  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/v2.6.19/ChangeLog-2.6.19-rc3
  http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.19.y.git;a=commit;h=8c34e2d63231d4bf4852bac8521883944d770fe3

BID
  31567


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