NVD - CVE-2006-2451

CVE-2006-2451 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

Current Description

The suid_dumpable support in Linux kernel 2.6.13 up to versions before 2.6.17.4, and 2.6.16 before 2.6.16.24, allows a local user to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) and possibly gain privileges via the PR_SET_DUMPABLE argument of the prctl function and a program that causes a core dump file to be created in a directory for which the user does not have permissions.

Source: MITRE
Description Last Modified: 07/07/2006
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Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.6 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 3.9

Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Provides unauthorized access
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows disruption of service

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=195902
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016451
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-162.htm
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.17.y.git;a=commit;h=0af184bb9f80edfbb94de46cb52e9592e5a547b0
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.24
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.4
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_16_sr.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_17_sr.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_47_kernel.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_49_kernel.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0574.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439483/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439610/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439869/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440057/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440117/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440118/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440379/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18874
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-311-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2699	Vendor Advisory
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-488
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11336

References to Check Content

Identifier:: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11336
Check System:: http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:: http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11336

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)

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Change History

3 change records found - show changes

CVE Modified by MITRE - 10/18/2018 12:40:10 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	Reference		http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439483/100/100/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439869/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440057/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440117/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440118/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440379/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/440379/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/440057/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/439483/100/100/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/440118/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/439869/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/440117/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-2451
NVD Published Date:
07/07/2006
NVD Last Modified:
10/18/2018

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