Security restrictions bypass in Linux kernel - CVE-2006-2071

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU99901

Security restrictions bypass in Linux kernel - CVE-2006-2071

Published: April 27, 2006 / Updated: October 18, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU99901
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-2071
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to corrupt data.

Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x up to 2.6.16 allows local users to bypass IPC permissions and modify a readonly attachment of shared memory by using mprotect to give write permission to the attachment. NOTE: some original raw sources combined this issue with CVE-2006-1524, but they are different bugs.


How to mitigate CVE-2006-2071

Install update from vendor's repository.

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