CVE-2008-1940 describes a vulnerability in grsecurity's Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) functionality, affecting versions prior to 2.1.11-2.6.24.5 and 2.1.11-2.4.36.2. The flaw allows local users to bypass user_transition_deny and user_transition_allow rules for sys_setfsuid and sys_setfsgid calls, potentially leading to unauthorized privilege escalation. With a CVSS score of 4.6, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but could result in partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.4.33CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:grsecurity:grsecurity_kernel_patch:2.4.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.33.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:grsecurity:grsecurity_kernel_patch:2.4.33.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.33.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:grsecurity:grsecurity_kernel_patch:2.4.33.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.33.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:grsecurity:grsecurity_kernel_patch:2.4.33.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.34CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:grsecurity:grsecurity_kernel_patch:2.4.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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