VDB
CVE-2008-1294
CVE-2008-1294
PUBLISHED
CVSS 2.0999999046325684 LOW
Linux kernel 2.6.17, and other versions before 2.6.22, does not check when a user attempts to set RLIMIT_CPU to 0 until after the change is made, which allows local users to bypass intended resource limits.
EPSS 0.51% · 41.0th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
2.0999999046325684
EPSS Score
0.51%
41.0th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.16, 2.6.2, 2.6.2 |
Timeline
- May 2, 2008 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 15, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 13, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 30, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30769 url
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31341 url
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215000 url
- USN-618-1 vendor-advisory
- DSA-1565 vendor-advisory
- 30018 third-party-advisory
- linux-kernel-rlimitcpu-security-bypass(42145) vdb
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10974 vdb
- 29004 vdb
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9926e4c74300c4b31dee007298c6475d33369df0 url
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22 url
- RHSA-2008:0612 vendor-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1294 advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=9926e4c74300c4b31dee007298c6475d33369df0 url