What is the severity of CVE-2008-1946?

CVE-2008-1946 is considered to have a moderate severity rating due to its potential to allow local users to escalate privileges.

How do I fix CVE-2008-1946?

To fix CVE-2008-1946, you should update GNU coreutils to a version later than 5.2.1 where this vulnerability is addressed.

Who is affected by CVE-2008-1946?

CVE-2008-1946 affects local users of systems running GNU coreutils version 5.2.1 or earlier.

What is the nature of the vulnerability in CVE-2008-1946?

CVE-2008-1946 allows local users to gain privileges of locked or expired accounts due to improper configuration in PAM.

Is there a workaround for CVE-2008-1946?

A possible workaround for CVE-2008-1946 involves modifying the PAM configuration to restrict the use of the 'su' command.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2008-1946

medium

4.4

CWE

264

28/7/2008

7/8/2024

CVE-2008-1946

First published: Mon Jul 28 2008(Updated: )

The default configuration of su in /etc/pam.d/su in GNU coreutils 5.2.1 allows local users to gain the privileges of a (1) locked or (2) expired account by entering the account name on the command line, related to improper use of the pam_succeed_if.so module.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
GNU coreutils	=5.2.1

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1946?
CVE-2008-1946 is considered to have a moderate severity rating due to its potential to allow local users to escalate privileges.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1946?
To fix CVE-2008-1946, you should update GNU coreutils to a version later than 5.2.1 where this vulnerability is addressed.
Who is affected by CVE-2008-1946?
CVE-2008-1946 affects local users of systems running GNU coreutils version 5.2.1 or earlier.
What is the nature of the vulnerability in CVE-2008-1946?
CVE-2008-1946 allows local users to gain privileges of locked or expired accounts due to improper configuration in PAM.
Is there a workaround for CVE-2008-1946?
A possible workaround for CVE-2008-1946 involves modifying the PAM configuration to restrict the use of the 'su' command.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1946?
CVE-2008-1946 is considered to have a moderate severity rating due to its potential to allow local users to escalate privileges.
How do I fix CVE-2008-1946?
To fix CVE-2008-1946, you should update GNU coreutils to a version later than 5.2.1 where this vulnerability is addressed.
Who is affected by CVE-2008-1946?
CVE-2008-1946 affects local users of systems running GNU coreutils version 5.2.1 or earlier.
What is the nature of the vulnerability in CVE-2008-1946?
CVE-2008-1946 allows local users to gain privileges of locked or expired accounts due to improper configuration in PAM.
Is there a workaround for CVE-2008-1946?
A possible workaround for CVE-2008-1946 involves modifying the PAM configuration to restrict the use of the 'su' command.