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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-4554
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2008-4554

Description:
The do_splice_from function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not reject file descriptors that have the O_APPEND flag set, which allows local users to bypass append mode and make arbitrary changes to other locations in the file.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

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

SUSE
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA33180
  Secunia Advisory: SA33182
  Secunia Advisory: SA32386
  Secunia Advisory: SA32918
  Secunia Advisory: SA32998
  Secunia Advisory: SA33586
  Secunia Advisory: SA35390

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1017.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.html

OVAL
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11142

MLIST
  http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/14/5
  http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/1

MISC

MANDRIVA
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:224

FEDORA

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1687
  http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681

CONFIRM
  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27
  http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git;a=commit;h=efc968d450e013049a662d22727cf132618dcb2f

BID
  31903


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