CVE-2008-2148 | BDVDB-2026-30583 Detail
Description#
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#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.3
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0169
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.25.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f9dfda1ad0637a89a64d001cf81478bd8d9b6306
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42342
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30198
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0585.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30241
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31107
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31628
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29134
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1543/references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30818
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.