frysk: insecure relative RPATH
Published Nov 7, 2019
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.35%
Description
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.
Affected products
-
- Version through 2008-08-05StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Running on/with
- 5.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
frysk
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | frysk | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00350) | 26.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00350) | 26.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00049) | 12.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 30.33th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 28.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 26.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00890) | 12.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3278 Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-3278 x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457939 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-3278 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3278
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3278 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3278
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3278 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-3278 | x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457939 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-3278 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3278 | ||
| https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3278 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3278 |
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