CVE-2008-1951
Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Red Hat build script for Standards Based Linux Instrumentation for Manageability (sblim) libraries before 1-13a.el4_6.1 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4, and before 1-31.el5_2.1 in RHEL 5, allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious library in a certain subdirectory of /var/tmp, related to an incorrect RPATH setting, as demonstrated by a malicious libc.so library for tog-pegasus.
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
- 0.4% (30th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1949)
- Published
- June 25, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1949 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
Certified products that may be affected
9 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH-Server Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1384 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSH Client Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1385 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSwan Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1386 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1387 - historical
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OpenSSL Cryptographic Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 1320 - historical
See all 9 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30803(Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29913(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020354(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447705(Issue Tracking)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43315
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9635
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0497.html(Not Applicable)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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