CVE-2008-0731

N/A

Published: February 12, 2008 at 08:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:50 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorApparmor· also runs on 2 platforms

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

Description

The Linux kernel before 2.6.18.8-0.8 in SUSE openSUSE 10.2 does not properly handle failure of an AppArmor change_hat system call, which might allow attackers to trigger the unconfining of an apparmored task.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Apparmor · Novell

95%

All versions

linux-linux-kernel (environment) · suse-open-suse (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

Open Suse · SUSE

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/28806

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-264NVD-CWE-noinfo

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