National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-5182
Original release date:11/21/2008
Last revised:03/03/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
3.4
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2008-11618
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2915
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-714-1
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-715-1
External Source: BID
Name: 33503
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20081209 rPSA-2008-0332-1 kernel
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:0225
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:0053
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1681
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0332
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33854
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33756
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33706
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33704
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33641
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33623
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33348
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33083
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32998
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2009:008
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2009:004
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc5