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CVE-2008-5182

Date: November 20, 2008

The inotify functionality in Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.28-rc5 might allow local users to gain privileges via unknown vectors related to race conditions in inotify watch removal and umount.

Severity Score

7.4

Related Resources (27)

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-715-1

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33623

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10584

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33704

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-5182

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32998

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33348

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33641

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5182

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/714-1/

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33706

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5182

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00010.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499044/100/0/threaded

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0053.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33854

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00006.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33756

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0225.html

Url: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0332

Url: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2915

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33083

Url: http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.28-rc5

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33503

Url: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01358.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-5182

Severity Score

7.4

Weakness Type (CWE)

Race Conditions

CWE-362

Insufficient Information

NVD-CWE-noinfo

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.4
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2008-5182

Date: November 20, 2008

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