CVE-2008-2148

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 1

Downstream

RHSA-2008:0585

Modified

Published: 12 May 2008, 21:00

Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 08:49

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)

low

14/100

CVSS Score

3.6 LOW

v2.0 (nvd)

EPSS Score

0.07% LOW

0% probability 0.00%

KEV

Not listed

Ransomware

No reports

Public exploits

None found

Dark Web

Not detected

Timeline

12 May 2008, 21:00

Published

Vulnerability first disclosed

07 Aug 2024, 08:49

Last Modified

Vulnerability information updated

Description

The utimensat system call (sys_utimensat) in Linux kernel 2.6.22 and other versions before 2.6.25.3 does not check file permissions when certain UTIME_NOW and UTIME_OMIT combinations are used, which allows local users to modify file times of arbitrary files, possibly leading to a denial of service.

CVSS Metrics

v2.0•LOW•Score: 3.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.07%• Percentile: 20%

Techniques & Countermeasures

CWE-264•Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.

Affected Systems

linux•linux_kernel
2.6.22 | 2.6.22.1 | 2.6.22.2 | 2.6.22.3 | 2.6.22.4 | 2.6.22.5 | 2.6.22.6 | 2.6.22.7 | 2.6.22.8 | 2.6.22.9 | 2.6.22.10 | 2.6.22.11 | 2.6.22.12 | 2.6.22.13 | 2.6.22.14 | 2.6.22.15 | 2.6.22.16 | 2.6.22.17 | 2.6.22.18 | 2.6.22.19 | 2.6.22.20 | 2.6.22.21