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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-4210
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2008-4210

Description:
fs/open.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 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 creating an executable file in a setgid directory through the (1) truncate or (2) ftruncate function in conjunction with memory-mapped I/O.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45539

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1

SUSE
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00000.html
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00001.html
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA32485
  Secunia Advisory: SA32799
  Secunia Advisory: SA32918
  Secunia Advisory: SA32759
  Secunia Advisory: SA33201
  Secunia Advisory: SA33280
  Secunia Advisory: SA32237
  Secunia Advisory: SA32344
  Secunia Advisory: SA32356

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0973.html
  http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html

OVAL
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6386
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9511

MLIST
  http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/8
  http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/24/5

MANDRIVA
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:220

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

CONFIRM
  http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22
  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22
  http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git;a=commit;h=7b82dc0e64e93f430182f36b46b79fcee87d3532
  http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8420

BID
  31368


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