01 Record
CVE-2008-3525
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)
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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)
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.53% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 44.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-09-03 14:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 09:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-08-07
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 13daac0bcd8495668f9e739211e1f4a080a7b21c02d1f40c372d8f06947aa112
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2008:047http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00000.html
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f2455eb176ac87081bbfc9a44b21c7cd2bc1967e
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2714http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2714
- www.debian.orgDSA-1655http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1655
- secunia.com32393http://secunia.com/advisories/32393
- secunia.com32237http://secunia.com/advisories/32237
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20080829 CVE-2008-3525 kernel: missing capability checks in sbni_ioctl()http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/29/2
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:223http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:223
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2008:052http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00008.html
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.36.7
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-659-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-659-1
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2008:053http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00010.html
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-8929https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00693.html
- secunia.com32103http://secunia.com/advisories/32103
- secunia.com33280http://secunia.com/advisories/33280
- www.debian.orgDSA-1653http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1653
- secunia.com32356http://secunia.com/advisories/32356
- secunia.com32759http://secunia.com/advisories/32759
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:220http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:220
- www.securitytracker.com1020969http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020969
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-2511http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2511
- secunia.com32370http://secunia.com/advisories/32370
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0973http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0973.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0787http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2008:051http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html
- secunia.com32386http://secunia.com/advisories/32386
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-8980https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00689.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9364https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9364
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2008:049http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00003.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:025http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00001.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:5671https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5671
- secunia.com33201http://secunia.com/advisories/33201
- secunia.com32315http://secunia.com/advisories/32315