EUVD-2008-4535

Malware in sbrugna...

Remote file inclusion

The dosplicefrom function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not reject file descriptors that have the OAPPEND flag set, which allows local users to bypass append mode and make arbitrary changes to other locations in the file...

CVE-2008-4554

CVE-2008-4554 affects the Linux kernel in the do_splice_from function (fs/splice.c). Before 2.6.27, it does not reject file descriptors with the O_APPEND flag, allowing a local attacker to bypass append mode and make arbitrary changes to other parts of a file. The vulnerability is tied to the ker...