CVE-2008-4554

NameCVE-2008-4554
DescriptionThe do_splice_from function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not reject file descriptors that have the O_APPEND flag set, which allows local users to bypass append mode and make arbitrary changes to other locations in the file.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1681-1, DSA-1687-1

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
fai-kernelssourceetch1.17+etch.23etch1DSA-1687-1
linux-2.6sourceetch2.6.18.dfsg.1-23etch1DSA-1687-1
linux-2.6source(unstable)2.6.26-9
linux-2.6.24sourceetch2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.7DSA-1681-1
linux-2.6.24source(unstable)2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.7
user-mode-linuxsourceetch2.6.18-1um-2etch.23etch1DSA-1687-1

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