CVE-2008-3278 json
frysk packages through 2008-08-05 as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 are built with an insecure RPATH set in the ELF header of multip…
published 2019-11-07 7 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-3266
- cvss
- 7.8
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 28%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
frysk packages through 2008-08-05 as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 are built with an insecure RPATH set in the ELF header of multiple binaries in /usr/bin/f* (e.g. fcore, fcatch, fstack, fstep, ...) shipped in the package. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability by running arbitrary code as another user.
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2008-3278 updated
frysk: insecure relative RPATH
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 frysknot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- frysk frysk
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-1188 Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default
References
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bugzilla.redhat.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-3278
issue-tracking, vendor-advisory
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access.redhat.com
/security/cve/cve-2008-3278
vendor-advisory
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security-tracker.debian.org
/tracker/CVE-2008-3278
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2008-3278
- NVD CVE-2008-3278
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