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kernel: local filesystem corruption

Package(s):kernel CVE #(s):CVE-2008-0001
Created:January 17, 2008 Updated:June 13, 2008
Description: From the mitre.org CVE description: VFS in the Linux kernel before 2.6.23.14 performs tests of access mode by using the flag variable instead of the acc_mode variable, which might allow local users to bypass file permissions.
Alerts:
Mandriva MDVSA-2008:112 2007-06-12
SuSE SUSE-SA:2008:013 2008-03-06
Ubuntu USN-578-1 2008-02-14
Mandriva MDVSA-2008:044 2008-02-12
Fedora FEDORA-2008-0984 2008-02-05
SuSE SUSE-SA:2008:006 2008-02-07
Ubuntu USN-574-1 2008-02-04
Red Hat RHSA-2008:0055-01 2008-01-31
Debian DSA-1479 2008-01-29
Fedora FEDORA-2008-0958 2008-01-29
Fedora FEDORA-2008-0748 2008-01-24
Red Hat RHSA-2008:0089-01 2008-01-23
rPath rPSA-2008-0021-1 2008-01-17
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