SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2008-3833
Description
The generic_file_splice_write function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 does not properly strip setuid and setgid bits when there is a write to a file, which allows local users to gain the privileges of a different group, and obtain sensitive information or possibly have unspecified other impact, by splicing into an inode in order to create an executable file in a setgid directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4210.
Solution(s)
- suse-upgrade-kernel-bigsmp
- suse-upgrade-kernel-default
- suse-upgrade-kernel-iseries64
- suse-upgrade-kernel-kdump
- suse-upgrade-kernel-ppc64
- suse-upgrade-kernel-source
- suse-upgrade-kernel-syms
- suse-upgrade-kernel-xen
- suse-upgrade-kernel-xenpae
- suse-upgrade-suse-release
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