CVE-2008-4210

CVE-2008-4210 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

fs/open.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 does not properly strip setuid and setgid bits when there is a write to a file, which allows local users to gain the privileges of a different group, and obtain sensitive information or possibly have unspecified other impact, by creating an executable file in a setgid directory through the (1) truncate or (2) ftruncate function in conjunction with memory-mapped I/O.

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