CVE - CVE-2008-1294

CVE-ID
CVE-2008-1294	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Linux kernel 2.6.17, and other versions before 2.6.22, does not check when a user attempts to set RLIMIT_CPU to 0 until after the change is made, which allows local users to bypass intended resource limits.
References
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BID:29004 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29004 CONFIRM:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215000 CONFIRM:http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22 DEBIAN:DSA-1565 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1565 MISC:http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=9926e4c74300c4b31dee007298c6475d33369df0 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10974 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10974 REDHAT:RHSA-2008:0612 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0612.html SECUNIA:30018 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/30018 SECUNIA:30769 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/30769 SECUNIA:31341 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/31341 UBUNTU:USN-618-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1 XF:linux-kernel-rlimitcpu-security-bypass(42145) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42145
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20080312	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20080312)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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