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CVE-2008-1669

CVE-2008-1669

EPSS 0.4%
Linux kernel before 2.6.25.2 does not apply a certain protection mechanism for fcntl functionality, which allows local users to (1) execute code in parallel or (2) exploit a race condition to obtain "re-ordered access to the descriptor table."
Affected products
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References
http://secunia.com/advisories/30276http://secunia.com/advisories/30962http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00012.htmlhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491740/100/0/threadedhttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.25.2https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2518http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00007.htmlhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0237.htmlhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1451/referenceshttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1452/referenceshttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-618-1