CVE-2008-4554

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

CVE-2008-4554 at MITRE

Details

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.

Novell Bugzilla entry: 435151

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SA:2009:003, published Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:00:00 +0000
SUSE-SA:2009:003 , published Tue, 20 Jan 2009 18:00:00 +0000
SUSE-SA:2009:030 , published Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:00:00 +0000

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
openSUSE 11.0	`kernel-debug-debuginfo >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-debug-debugsource >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-default-debuginfo >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-default-debugsource >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-kdump-debuginfo >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-kdump-debugsource >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-pae-debuginfo >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-pae-debugsource >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-ppc64-debuginfo >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-ppc64-debugsource >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-ps3-debuginfo >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-ps3-debugsource >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-rt-debuginfo >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-rt-debugsource >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-rt_debug-debugsource >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-source-debuginfo >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-vanilla-debuginfo >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-vanilla-debugsource >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-xen-debuginfo >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-xen-debugsource >= 2.6.25.20-0.1`	SAT Patch Nr: 423
openSUSE 11.0	`kernel-debug >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-default >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-docs >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-kdump >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-pae >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-ppc64 >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-ps3 >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-rt >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-rt_debug >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-source >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-syms >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-vanilla >= 2.6.25.20-0.1` `kernel-xen >= 2.6.25.20-0.1`	SAT Patch Nr: 423
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server RT Solution 10 for x86	`ib-bonding-kmp-rt >= 0.9.0_2.6.22.19_0.21-1.20` `ib-bonding-kmp-rt_bigsmp >= 0.9.0_2.6.22.19_0.21-1.20` `ib-bonding-kmp-rt_debug >= 0.9.0_2.6.22.19_0.21-1.20` `ib-bonding-kmp-rt_timing >= 0.9.0_2.6.22.19_0.21-1.20` `kernel-rt >= 2.6.22.19-0.21` `kernel-rt_bigsmp >= 2.6.22.19-0.21` `kernel-rt_debug >= 2.6.22.19-0.21` `kernel-rt_timing >= 2.6.22.19-0.21` `kernel-source >= 2.6.22.19-0.21` `kernel-syms >= 2.6.22.19-0.21` `ofed >= 1.3-0.32` `ofed-cxgb3-NIC-kmp-rt >= 1.3_2.6.22.19_0.21-0.17` `ofed-cxgb3-NIC-kmp-rt_bigsmp >= 1.3_2.6.22.19_0.21-0.17` `ofed-cxgb3-NIC-kmp-rt_debug >= 1.3_2.6.22.19_0.21-0.17` `ofed-cxgb3-NIC-kmp-rt_timing >= 1.3_2.6.22.19_0.21-0.17` `ofed-doc >= 1.3-0.32` `ofed-kmp-rt >= 1.3_2.6.22.19_0.21-0.32` `ofed-kmp-rt_bigsmp >= 1.3_2.6.22.19_0.21-0.32` `ofed-kmp-rt_debug >= 1.3_2.6.22.19_0.21-0.32` `ofed-kmp-rt_timing >= 1.3_2.6.22.19_0.21-0.32`	sles10-sp2. x86-64 sles10-sp2. x86 ZYPP Patch Nr: 6183
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server RT Solution 10 for AMD64 and Intel EM64T	`ib-bonding-kmp-rt >= 0.9.0_2.6.22.19_0.21-1.20` `ib-bonding-kmp-rt_debug >= 0.9.0_2.6.22.19_0.21-1.20` `ib-bonding-kmp-rt_timing >= 0.9.0_2.6.22.19_0.21-1.20` `kernel-rt >= 2.6.22.19-0.21` `kernel-rt_debug >= 2.6.22.19-0.21` `kernel-rt_timing >= 2.6.22.19-0.21` `kernel-source >= 2.6.22.19-0.21` `kernel-syms >= 2.6.22.19-0.21` `ofed >= 1.3-0.32` `ofed-cxgb3-NIC-kmp-rt >= 1.3_2.6.22.19_0.21-0.17` `ofed-cxgb3-NIC-kmp-rt_debug >= 1.3_2.6.22.19_0.21-0.17` `ofed-cxgb3-NIC-kmp-rt_timing >= 1.3_2.6.22.19_0.21-0.17` `ofed-doc >= 1.3-0.32` `ofed-kmp-rt >= 1.3_2.6.22.19_0.21-0.32` `ofed-kmp-rt_debug >= 1.3_2.6.22.19_0.21-0.32` `ofed-kmp-rt_timing >= 1.3_2.6.22.19_0.21-0.32`	sles10-sp2. x86-64 sles10-sp2. x86 ZYPP Patch Nr: 6183
openSUSE 10.3	`kernel-bigsmp >= 2.6.22.19-0.3` `kernel-debug >= 2.6.22.19-0.3` `kernel-default >= 2.6.22.19-0.3` `kernel-kdump >= 2.6.22.19-0.3` `kernel-ppc64 >= 2.6.22.19-0.3` `kernel-source >= 2.6.22.19-0.3` `kernel-syms >= 2.6.22.19-0.3` `kernel-xen >= 2.6.22.19-0.3` `kernel-xenpae >= 2.6.22.19-0.3`