CVE-2008-1940 Security feature bypass in n/a
Local attackers can bypass RBAC restrictions on setfsuid and setfsgid calls in grsecurity, potentially leading to privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-1940?
CVE-2008-1940 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 Apr 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1940?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Grsecurity Grsecurity Kernel Patch.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1940?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-1940 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2008-1940 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1940 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-42w7-p64v-gxj9.