CVE-2008-1951

N/A
Published: June 25, 2008 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:52 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorEnterprise Linux

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

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.

Affected

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

Remediation

No guide yet

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References (7)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPermissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/30803
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29913
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020354
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATNot Applicable
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0497.html

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264

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