Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:23449Privilege Escalation
4.7 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
kernel is vulnerable to privilege escalation. The i915 driver in drivers/char/drm/i915_dma.c and sys/dev/pci/drm/i915_drv.c does not restrict the DRM_I915_HWS_ADDR ioctl to the Direct Rendering Manager master, allowing for local privilege escalation. Note: the flaw only affects systems based on the Intel G33 Express Chipset and newer.
References
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/openbsd/cvs/2008-10/0365.html
secunia.com/advisories/32315
secunia.com/advisories/32386
secunia.com/advisories/32709
secunia.com/advisories/32918
secunia.com/advisories/33182
secunia.com/advisories/33586
security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/linux-2.6.24/linux-2.6.24_2.6.24-6~etchnhalf.6.diff.gz
securitytracker.com/id?1021065
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-245846-1
wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316
wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0316
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1655
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:224
www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/pci/drm/i915_drv.c
www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/pci/drm/i915_drv.c.diff?r1=1.7%3Br2=1.8
www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/dev/pci/drm/i915_drv.c.diff?r1=1.7;r2=1.8
www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1017.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498285/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/31792
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:1017
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11542
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00689.html
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00693.html
Related
4.7 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C