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CVE-2008-1294

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
02/05/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.17, and other versions before 2.6.22, does not check when a user attempts to set RLIMIT_CPU to 0 until after the change is made, which allows local users to bypass intended resource limits.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
2.10
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.6.21 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.16.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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