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CVE-2005-2801 Detail

Description

xattr.c in the ext2 and ext3 file system code for Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly compare the name_index fields when sharing xattr blocks, which could prevent default ACLs from being applied.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://acl.bestbits.at/pipermail/acl-devel/2005-February/001848.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Exploit 
http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2005/08/msg00238.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Patch 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17073 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18056 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18059 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/19252 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_kernel.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0144.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14793 CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10495 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-697 Incorrect Comparison cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-2801
NVD Published Date:
09/06/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE