CVE-2008-1951

N/A Unknown
Published: June 25, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30803
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29913
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020354
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447705
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue Tracking
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0497.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/30803
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29913
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020354
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447705
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43315
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0497.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not Applicable

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
31th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

redhat