{
  "threat_severity" : "Important",
  "public_date" : "2006-10-17T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: remove SUID when splicing into an inode",
    "id" : "464450",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464450"
  },
  "details" : [ "The generic_file_splice_write function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 does not properly strip setuid and setgid bits when there is a write to a file, which allows local users to gain the privileges of a different group, and obtain sensitive information or possibly have unspecified other impact, by splicing into an inode in order to create an executable file in a setgid directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4210." ],
  "statement" : "This issue did not affect the versions of Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG.",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5",
    "release_date" : "2008-11-04T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2008:0957",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5",
    "package" : "kernel-0:2.6.18-92.1.18.el5"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3833\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3833" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2008-3833",
  "csaw" : false
}