CVE-2008-1940

The RBAC functionality in grsecurity before 2.1.11-2.6.24.5 and 2.1.11-2.4.36.2 does not enforce user_transition_deny and user_transition_allow rules for the (1) sys_setfsuid and (2) sys_setfsgid calls, which allows local users to bypass restrictions for those calls.

Published: Apr 25, 2008
Updated: Apr 13, 2023
CVE: CVE-2008-1940
Severity: Low
Exploit:

CVSS v2:

Severity: Low
Score: 4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

CWE-264

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
grsecurity / grsecurity_kernel_patch	2.4.33.2	2.4.33.2.x
grsecurity / grsecurity_kernel_patch	2.6.18	2.6.18.x
grsecurity / grsecurity_kernel_patch	2.4.33.4	2.4.33.4.x
grsecurity / grsecurity_kernel_patch	2.4.33	2.4.33.x
grsecurity / grsecurity_kernel_patch	2.4.33.3	2.4.33.3.x
grsecurity / grsecurity_kernel_patch	2.6.24.4	2.6.24.4.x
grsecurity / grsecurity_kernel_patch	2.4.34	2.4.34.x

http://secunia.com/advisories/29899
http://www.grsecurity.org/news.php#grsec21113
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28889
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019919
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1323/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41952

Vulnerability Database

CVE-2008-1940