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CVE Reference: CVE-2008-1669
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Original Page at CVE MITRE: CVE-2008-1669

Description: Linux kernel before 2.6.25.2 does not apply a certain protection mechanism for fcntl functionality, which allows local users to (1) execute code in parallel or (2) exploit a race condition to obtain "re-ordered access to the descriptor table."

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42242 UBUNTU http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-614-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1 SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.html ST 1019974 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA30276 Secunia Advisory: SA30252 Secunia Advisory: SA30260 Secunia Advisory: SA30077 Secunia Advisory: SA30108 Secunia Advisory: SA30164 Secunia Advisory: SA30515 Secunia Advisory: SA30769 Secunia Advisory: SA30818 Secunia Advisory: SA30962 Secunia Advisory: SA31246 Secunia Advisory: SA30101 Secunia Advisory: SA30110 Secunia Advisory: SA30112 Secunia Advisory: SA30116 REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0237.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0211.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0233.html MLIST http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html MANDRIVA http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:104 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:105 FEDORA DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1575 CONFIRM http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0162 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.4 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.2 BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/491740/100/0/threaded BID 29076

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