CVE-2008-0163 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2008-0163?

CVE-2008-0163 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 12 Feb 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Linux kernel 2.6, when using vservers, allows local users to access resources of other vservers via a symlink attack in /proc.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-0163?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2008-0163?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2008-0163 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-0163 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-w72p-3xq5-rg76.