CVE-2008-3525
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
The 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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (45th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3511)
- Published
- September 3, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3511 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f2455eb176ac87081bbfc9a44b21c7cd2bc1967e
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32103
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32237
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32315
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32356
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32370
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32386
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32393
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32759
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33201
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33280
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1655
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.7
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:220
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:223
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/29/2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0973.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020969
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2511
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2714
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5671
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9364
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00689.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00693.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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