CVE-2008-3525

Upstream information

CVE-2008-3525 at MITRE

Description

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.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.2
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Complete
Integrity Impact	Complete
Availability Impact	Complete

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 421321 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SA:2008:047, published Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:00:00 +0000
• SUSE-SA:2008:049, published Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:00:00 +0000
• SUSE-SA:2008:051, published Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:00:00 +0000
• SUSE-SA:2008:052, published Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:00:00 +0000
• SUSE-SA:2008:053, published Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:00:00 +0000
• SUSE-SR:2008:025, published Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:00:00 +0000

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CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 16:16:59 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:15:22 2025