National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2148

Overview

The utimensat system call (sys_utimensat) in Linux kernel 2.6.22 and other versions before 2.6.25.3 does not check file permissions when certain UTIME_NOW and UTIME_OMIT combinations are used, which allows local users to modify file times of arbitrary files, possibly leading to a denial of service.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: XF

Name: linux-kernel-sysutimensat-dos(42342)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42342

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-1543

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1543/references

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-625-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1

External Source: BID

Name: 29134

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29134

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0585

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:167

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0169

Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0169

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31628

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31628

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31107

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31107

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30818

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30818

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30241

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30241

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30198

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30198

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2008:030

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.3

Hyperlink:http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.3

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git;a=commit;h=f9dfda1ad0637a89a64d001cf81478bd8d9b6306

Hyperlink:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git;a=commit;h=f9dfda1ad0637a89a64d001cf81478bd8d9b6306