CVE-2008-2931 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2008-2931?

CVE-2008-2931 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 9 Jul 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The do_change_type function in fs/namespace.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 does not verify that the caller has the CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability, which allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service by modifying the properties of a mountpoint.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2931?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel, Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop, Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2008-2931?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2008-2931 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-2931 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-qrf3-cqg5-vv53.