CVE-2008-2544

Published: 27 May 2021

Mounting /proc filesystem via chroot command silently mounts it in read-write mode. The user could bypass the chroot environment and gain write access to files, he would never have otherwise.

Notes

Author	Note
jdstrand	android kernels (flo, goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 14.10 and earlier preview kernels linux-lts-saucy no longer receives official support linux-lts-quantal no longer receives official support
sbeattie	according to second debian bug report, this was fixed sometime in the 2.6.29 timeframe, marking not-affected

Author

Note

jdstrand

android kernels (flo, goldfish, grouper, maguro, mako and manta) are
not supported on the Ubuntu Touch 14.10 and earlier preview kernels
linux-lts-saucy no longer receives official support
linux-lts-quantal no longer receives official support

sbeattie

according to second debian bug report, this was fixed
sometime in the 2.6.29 timeframe, marking not-affected

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
linux Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Not vulnerable
	trusty	Not vulnerable
	wily	Not vulnerable
	xenial	Not vulnerable
	upstream	Released (2.6.29)
linux-ti-omap4 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Not vulnerable
	trusty	Does not exist
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
linux-linaro-omap Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
linux-linaro-shared Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
linux-linaro-vexpress Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
linux-qcm-msm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
linux-armadaxp Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Not vulnerable
	trusty	Does not exist
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team
linux-lts-quantal Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team
linux-lts-raring Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
linux-lts-saucy Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
	This package is not directly supported by the Ubuntu Security Team
linux-flo Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	upstream	Needs triage
	wily	Not vulnerable
	xenial	Not vulnerable
linux-goldfish Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	upstream	Needs triage
	wily	Not vulnerable
	xenial	Not vulnerable
linux-grouper Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	upstream	Needs triage
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-lts-trusty Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Not vulnerable
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-lts-utopic Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was not-affected)
	upstream	Needs triage
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-lts-vivid Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was not-affected)
	upstream	Needs triage
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-lts-wily Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was not-affected)
	upstream	Needs triage
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-lts-xenial Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Not vulnerable
	upstream	Needs triage
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-maguro Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	upstream	Needs triage
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-mako Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	upstream	Needs triage
	wily	Not vulnerable
	xenial	Not vulnerable
linux-manta Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist (trusty was ignored)
	upstream	Needs triage
	wily	Not vulnerable
	xenial	Does not exist
linux-raspi2 Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	wily	Not vulnerable
	xenial	Not vulnerable
linux-snapdragon Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Does not exist
	trusty	Does not exist
	upstream	Needs triage
	wily	Does not exist
	xenial	Not vulnerable

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

Bugs

https://launchpad.net/bugs/1575611

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