Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-1375

Title: Canonical Ubuntu Linux Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-1375.

CWE Category CWE-362
Published Date May 02, 2008
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.9 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.31%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-1375: Race condition in the directory notification subsystem (dnotify) in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.24.6, and 2.6.25 before 2.6.25.1, allows local users to cause a denial of service (OOPS) and possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Impacted Vendors

L
linux 1
D
debian 1
U
ubuntu 2
C
canonical 1
R
redhat 1
O
opensuse 1
S
suse 4
F
fedoraproject 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120967963803205&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120967964303224&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/30017 http://secunia.com/advisories/30018 http://secunia.com/advisories/30044 http://secunia.com/advisories/30108 http://secunia.com/advisories/30110 http://secunia.com/advisories/30112 http://secunia.com/advisories/30116 http://secunia.com/advisories/30260 http://secunia.com/advisories/30515 http://secunia.com/advisories/30769 http://secunia.com/advisories/30818 http://secunia.com/advisories/30890 http://secunia.com/advisories/30962 http://secunia.com/advisories/31246 http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0157 http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0157 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1565 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.4 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.6 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.1 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:104 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:105 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0211.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0233.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0237.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491566/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491732/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29003 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019959 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1406/references http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1452/references http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2222/references https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42131 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2501 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11843 https://usn.ubuntu.com/614-1/ https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00232.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120967963803205&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120967964303224&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/30017 http://secunia.com/advisories/30018 http://secunia.com/advisories/30044 http://secunia.com/advisories/30108 http://secunia.com/advisories/30110 http://secunia.com/advisories/30112 http://secunia.com/advisories/30116 http://secunia.com/advisories/30260 http://secunia.com/advisories/30515 http://secunia.com/advisories/30769 http://secunia.com/advisories/30818 http://secunia.com/advisories/30890 http://secunia.com/advisories/30962 http://secunia.com/advisories/31246 http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0157 http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0157 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1565 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.4 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.24.6 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.1 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:104 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:105 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0211.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0233.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0237.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491566/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491732/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29003 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019959 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1406/references http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1452/references http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2222/references https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42131 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2501 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11843 https://usn.ubuntu.com/614-1/ https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00232.html
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.9
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-1375 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.