CVE-2006-2451
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.6 · CWE-399
4.6CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20953Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20960Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20965Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20986Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20991Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21179Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21498Advisory
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=195902