CVE-2008-0163 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

44%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

106%

Linux kernel 2.6, when using vservers, allows local users to access resources of other vservers via a symlink attack in /proc.

Linux kernel 2.6, when using vservers, allows local users to access resources of other vservers via a symlink attack in /proc.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.4. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 17 years ago

2008-02-12 21:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-08 01:29:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel 2.6.0

2.6.0

References

28875

DSA-1494

Patch

27704

27798

linux-kernel-proc-unauth-access(40486)

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