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1 vulnerability by fedora_8
CVE-2008-2359 (GCVE-0-2008-2359)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-06-02 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:58
VLAI?
Summary
The default configuration of consolehelper in system-config-network before 1.5.10-1 on Fedora 8 lacks the USER=root directive, which allows local users of the workstation console to gain privileges and change the network configuration.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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