VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-1940

CVSS score4.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.32%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-04-25
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

The RBAC functionality in grsecurity before 2.1.11-2.6.24.5 and 2.1.11-2.4.36.2 does not enforce user_transition_deny and user_transition_allow rules for the (1) sys_setfsuid and (2) sys_setfsgid calls, which allows local users to bypass restrictions for those calls.

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