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CVE-2008-0884 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0193.html CVEThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435442 CVEIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29642 CVEBroken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019740 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41584 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
redhat enterprise linux
5.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-0884
NVD Published Date:
Apr 4, 2008
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2008-0884 Details - Not Deferred