CVE-2008-1940
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
The RBAC functionality in grsecurity before 2.1.11-2.6.24.5 and 2.1.11-2.4.36.2 does not enforce user_transition_deny and user_transition_allow rules for the (1) sys_setfsuid and (2) sys_setfsgid calls, which allows local users to bypass restrictions for those calls.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (26th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1939)
- Published
- April 25, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1939 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- grsecurity / grsecurity kernel patch
- grsecurity / grsecurity kernel patch
- grsecurity / grsecurity kernel patch
- grsecurity / grsecurity kernel patch
- grsecurity / grsecurity kernel patch
- grsecurity / grsecurity kernel patch
- grsecurity / grsecurity kernel patch
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29899(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.grsecurity.org/news.php#grsec21113
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28889(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019919
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1323/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41952
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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