CVE-ID

CVE-2008-4554

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Description
The do_splice_from function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not reject file descriptors that have the O_APPEND flag set, which allows local users to bypass append mode and make arbitrary changes to other locations in the file.
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Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20081014 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 (20081014)
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Comments (Legacy)
Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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