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CVE-2008-2359

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-06-02 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-16

Description

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.

Affected products

• Fedora 8 Consolehelper: 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.4.6, 1.4.7, 1.5.0, 1.5.1 (+9)
• RedHat Fedora 8: 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.4.6, 1.4.7, 1.5., 1.5.0 (+10)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/30399
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448557
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42867
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00974.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30399
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448557
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42867
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-May/msg00974.html

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