Vulnerability CVE-2008-1628
Published: 2008-04-02   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Stack-based buffer overflow in the audit_log_user_command function in lib/audit_logging.c in Linux Audit before 1.7 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command argument. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.1/10
6.4/10
2.7/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Linux -> Audit 

 References:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/linux-audit/2008-March/msg00138.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00200.html
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41576
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1052/references
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019824
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28524
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:083
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-14.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/31316
http://secunia.com/advisories/29957
http://secunia.com/advisories/29754
http://secunia.com/advisories/29617
http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/audit/ChangeLog
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00011.html
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