CVE-2005-2555 Information

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.x does not properly restrict socket policy access to users with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability which could allow local users to conduct unauthorized activities via (1) ipv4/ip_sockglue.c and (2) ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/17002 http://secunia.com/advisories/17073 http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 http://secunia.com/advisories/19369 http://secunia.com/advisories/19374 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018 http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6fc0b4a7a73a81e74d0004732df358f4f9975be2 http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=6fc0b4a7a73a81e74d0004732df358f4f9975be2 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14609 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1878 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10444 https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/