Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 25, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-1951
CVE-2008-1951
Description
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.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: <1-13a.el4_6.1 (RHEL 4), <1-31.el5_2.1 (RHEL 5)
- Range: 4, 5
Patches
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References
7- secunia.com/advisories/30803nvdPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29913nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0497.htmlnvdNot Applicable
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43315nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9635nvd
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