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| author | dann frazier <dannf@debian.org> | 2008-07-20 21:58:00 +0000 |
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| committer | dann frazier <dannf@debian.org> | 2008-07-20 21:58:00 +0000 |
| commit | cffb363c568e15bb95549d0c5746068cca9c94bf (patch) | |
| tree | e0434734275d36074875867c87f80245c22cc450 /retired/CVE-2008-1294 | |
| parent | 5573dc627c8198493da4d51a700922f187269fb9 (diff) | |
Debian updates; retire several issues
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.debian.org/svn/kernel-sec@1197 e094ebfe-e918-0410-adfb-c712417f3574
Diffstat (limited to 'retired/CVE-2008-1294')
| -rw-r--r-- | retired/CVE-2008-1294 | 27 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/retired/CVE-2008-1294 b/retired/CVE-2008-1294 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9f6ac748 --- /dev/null +++ b/retired/CVE-2008-1294 @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +Candidate: CVE-2008-1294 +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. +References: +Ubuntu-Description: + It was discovered that CPU resource limits could be bypassed. + A malicious local user could exploit this to avoid administratively + imposed resource limits. +Notes: + https://launchpad.net/bugs/107209 + http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=419706 + http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=9926e4c74300c4b31dee007298c6475d33369df0 + kees> for pre-2.6.17 kernels, two additional commits are needed: + kees> ec9e16bacdba1da1ee15dd162384e22df5c87e09 + kees> e0661111e5441995f7a69dc4336c9f131cb9bc58 +Bugs: +upstream: +linux-2.6: +2.6.18-etch-security: released (2.6.18.dfsg.1-18etch2) [bugfix/RLIMIT_CPU-earlier-checking.patch] +2.6.24-etchnhalf-security: N/A +2.6.15-dapper-security: released (2.6.15-52.67) +2.6.17-edgy-security: ignored (EOL) +2.6.20-feisty-security: released (2.6.20-17.36) +2.6.22-gutsy-security: N/A +2.6.24-hardy-security: N/A |