ghsa-4fj3-vvvj-96hf
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-01 23:38
Modified
2025-04-09 03:54
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2008-1294"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-20"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2008-05-02T16:05:00Z",
    "severity": "LOW"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-4fj3-vvvj-96hf",
  "modified": "2025-04-09T03:54:11Z",
  "published": "2022-05-01T23:38:41Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1294"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42145"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10974"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215000"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9926e4c74300c4b31dee007298c6475d33369df0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=9926e4c74300c4b31dee007298c6475d33369df0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/30018"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/30769"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/31341"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1565"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0612.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29004"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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