# CVE-2008-4313: Auth bypass in n/a

> Remote authenticated users can bypass access restrictions to send requests to OpenPegasus WBEM services due to improper PAM configuration.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 27 Nov 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-98w9-9xc5-rh5r

## What is CVE-2008-4313?

CVE-2008-4313 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 27 Nov 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A certain Red Hat patch for tog-pegasus in OpenGroup Pegasus 2.7.0 does not properly configure the PAM tty name, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and send requests to OpenPegasus WBEM services.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4313?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-4313?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2008-4313 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4313 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-4313 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-4313 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 27 Nov 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-4313 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redhat Enterprise Linux. 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-2008-4313/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4313/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4313
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4313
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4313

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