CVE-2008-1628: Linux Audit

Medium severity, CVSS 4.1. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the audit_log_user_command function in lib/audit_logging.c in Linux Audit before 1.7 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command argument. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

• Linux Audit: up to and including 1.6.9

Published 2008-04-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.