CVE-2008-1294 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2008-1294 at MITRE

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.17, and other versions before 2.6.22, does not check when a user attempts to set RLIMIT_CPU to 0 until after the change is made, which allows local users to bypass intended resource limits.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently not rated by SUSE as it is not affecting the SUSE Enterprise products.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	2.1
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	Partial

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 370198 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SA:2009:017, published Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:00:00 +0000

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 03:15:32 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:15:15 2025