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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-5182
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2008-5182

Description:
The inotify functionality in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.28-rc5 might allow local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors related to race conditions in inotify watch removal and umount.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-714-1
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1

SUSE
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00006.html
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00010.html

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA33704
  Secunia Advisory: SA33641
  Secunia Advisory: SA32998
  Secunia Advisory: SA33623
  Secunia Advisory: SA33756
  Secunia Advisory: SA33706
  Secunia Advisory: SA33854
  Secunia Advisory: SA33348
  Secunia Advisory: SA33083

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0225.html

OVAL
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10584

FEDORA

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

CONFIRM
  http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0332
  http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc5

BUGTRAQ
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/499044/100/0/threaded

BID
  33503


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