CVE-2008-0884 | BDVDB-2026-30076 Detail

Description#

The Replace function in the capp-lspp-config script in the (1) lspp-eal4-config-ibm and (2) capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp packages before 0.65-2 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 uses lstat instead of stat to determine the /etc/pam.d/system-auth file permissions, leading to a change to world-writable permissions for the /etc/pam.d/system-auth-ac file, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying this file.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0193.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019740
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28557
http://secunia.com/advisories/29642
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435442
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41584

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12008-04-04Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.