National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-5393
Original release date:12/09/2008
Last revised:01/29/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
UPR-Kernel in Ubuntu Privacy Remix (UPR) before 8.04_r1 includes kernel support for mounting RAID arrays, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended isolation mechanisms by (1) reading from or (2) writing to these arrays.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (12/09/2008)
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Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, 5 or Red Hat Enterprise MRG. It only affected the Ubuntu Privacy Remix (UPR) kernel.
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301285
Type: Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 32629
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: upr-satadisks-security-bypass(47082)
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20081204 [UPRSN] Ubuntu Privacy Remix 8.04r1 fixes security issues
External Source: SREASON
Name: 4696