CVE ID:	CVE-2008-4554
Description:	The do_splice_from function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not reject file descriptors that have the O_APPEND flag set, which allows local users to bypass append mode and make arbitrary changes to other locations in the file.
Test IDs:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.62843   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61752
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-4554 BugTraq ID: 31903 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31903 Debian Security Information: DSA-1681 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1681 Debian Security Information: DSA-1687 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1687 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00693.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00689.html http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:224 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466707 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/14/5 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11142 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2008:1017 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1017.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2009:0009 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0009.html http://secunia.com/advisories/32386 http://secunia.com/advisories/32918 http://secunia.com/advisories/32998 http://secunia.com/advisories/33180 http://secunia.com/advisories/33182 http://secunia.com/advisories/33586 http://secunia.com/advisories/35390 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2009:030 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-679-1 XForce ISS Database: linux-kernel-dosplicefrom-security-bypass(45954) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45954