CVE-2008-2359 (GCVE-0-2008-2359)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2008-06-02 14:00
Modified
2024-08-07 08:58
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The default configuration of consolehelper in system-config-network before 1.5.10-1 on Fedora 8 lacks the USER=root directive, which allows local users of the workstation console to gain privileges and change the network configuration.
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