CVE-2008-3279 Privilege escalation in n/a
Medium 6.9
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-3279 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2008-3279 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Apr 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3279 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3279/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3279/index.md)
Local attackers can gain privileges by exploiting an incorrect RPATH setting in the brltty library to load a malicious crafted library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-3279?
CVE-2008-3279 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Apr 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in libbrlttybba.so in brltty 3.7.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted library, related to an incorrect RPATH setting.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3279?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (10)
brlapi Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:0.4.1-4.el5 |
brltty Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:3.7.2-4.el5 |
brltty-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:3.7.2-4.el5 |
brlapi-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:0.4.1-4.el5 |
brltty Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:3.7.2-4.el5 |
brltty-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:3.7.2-4.el5 |
brlapi Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:0.4.1-4.el5 |
brlapi-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:0.4.1-4.el5 |
brltty Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:3.7.2-4.el5 |
brltty-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:3.7.2-4.el5 |
Products include Mielke Brltty.
How do I fix CVE-2008-3279?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2008-3279 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3279 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-48h7-qpc2-7cjw, RHSA-2010:0181.