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CVE-2008-4554
Published: Oct 15, 2008
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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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References
35390
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
32998
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
[oss-security] 20081013 CVE request: kernel: don't allow splice() to files opened with O_APPEND
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466707
x_refsource_MISC
MDVSA-2008:224
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11142
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
linux-kernel-dosplicefrom-security-bypass(45954)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
31903
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
RHSA-2009:0009
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
SUSE-SA:2009:030
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
FEDORA-2008-8929
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
[oss-security] 20081014 Re: CVE request: kernel: don't allow splice() to files opened with O_APPEND
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
33586
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
DSA-1687
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
32918
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
USN-679-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27
x_refsource_CONFIRM
33180
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
RHSA-2008:1017
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
32386
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
FEDORA-2008-8980
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
DSA-1681
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
33182
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
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