Red Hat Enterprise Linux up to 3 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux up to 3. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-1951. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux up to 3 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Red Hat build script for Standards Based Linux Instrumentation for Manageability (sblim) libraries before 1-13a.el4_6.1 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4, and before 1-31.el5_2.1 in RHEL 5, allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious library in a certain subdirectory of /var/tmp, related to an incorrect RPATH setting, as demonstrated by a malicious libc.so library for tog-pegasus.

The bug was discovered 06/24/2008. The weakness was released 06/25/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at rhn.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-1951 since 04/24/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67698 (Oracle Linux 4 / 5 : sblim (ELSA-2008-0497)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117296 (CentOS Security Update for SBLIM (CESA-2008:0497)).

Upgrading to version 4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (43315), Tenable (67698), SecurityFocus (BID 29913†), OSVDB (46547†) and Secunia (SA30803†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 67698
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 4 / 5 : sblim (ELSA-2008-0497)
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OpenVAS ID: 880306
OpenVAS Name: Centreon command_name Parameter Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Enterprise Linux 4

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: rhn.redhat.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-1951 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1951
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42896

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X-Force: 43315
SecurityFocus: 29913 - Red Hat SBLIM Insecure Library Path Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 30803
OSVDB: 46547 - Red Hat - SBLIM - Insecure Library Path Local Privilege Escalation Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020354
Vulnerability Center: 18676 - Red Hat Linux SBLIM Vulnerability Allows Local Code Execution, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 05/31/2025 19:13
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (71), 08/12/2019 07:40 (11), 05/31/2025 19:13 (18)
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