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CVE-2008-2931
CVE-2008-2931
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH
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.
EPSS 0.03% · 8.0th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.03%
8.0th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| opensuse | opensuse | 10.3 |
| novell | suse_linux_enterprise_server | 10.0, 10.0 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 0 |
| novell | suse_linux_enterprise_desktop | 10.0, 10.0 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | 6.06, 7.04, 7.10 |
| debian | debian_linux | 4.0 |
Exploit Intelligence
- DSA-1630 (circl)
- linux-kernel-dochangetype-priv-escalation(43696) (circl)
- RHSA-2008:0885 (circl)
- SUSE-SA:2008:038 (circl)
- USN-637-1 (circl)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10437 (circl)
- SUSE-SA:2008:035 (circl)
- 31614 (circl)
- 30982 (circl)
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ee6f958291e2a768fd727e7a67badfff0b67711a (circl)
…and 10 more exploits
Timeline
- Jul 9, 2008 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 3, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- DSA-1630 vendor-advisory
- linux-kernel-dochangetype-priv-escalation(43696) vdb
- RHSA-2008:0885 vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2008:038 vendor-advisory
- USN-637-1 vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10437 vdb
- SUSE-SA:2008:035 vendor-advisory
- 31614 third-party-advisory
- 30982 third-party-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ee6f958291e2a768fd727e7a67badfff0b67711a url
- [oss-security] 20080708 Re: CVE-2008-2931 kernel: missing check before setting mount propagation mailing-list
- 31551 third-party-advisory
- 30126 vdb
- 32023 third-party-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454388 url
- 32759 third-party-advisory
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22 url
- [oss-security] 20080708 CVE-2008-2931 kernel: missing check before setting mount propagation mailing-list
- SUSE-SA:2008:049 vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2008:025 vendor-advisory
…and 3 more