CVE-2008-3525

NameCVE-2008-3525
DescriptionThe sbni_ioctl function in drivers/net/wan/sbni.c in the wan subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.26.3 does not check for the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability before processing a (1) SIOCDEVRESINSTATS, (2) SIOCDEVSHWSTATE, (3) SIOCDEVENSLAVE, or (4) SIOCDEVEMANSIPATE ioctl request, which allows local users to bypass intended capability restrictions.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1653-1, DSA-1655-1

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
fai-kernelssourceetch1.17+etch.22etch3DSA-1653-1
linux-2.6sourceetch2.6.18.dfsg.1-22etch3DSA-1653-1
linux-2.6source(unstable)2.6.26-7
linux-2.6.24sourceetch2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6DSA-1655-1
linux-2.6.24source(unstable)2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6
user-mode-linuxsourceetch2.6.18-1um-2etch.22etch3DSA-1653-1

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