CVE-2005-2801 Information

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.

Reference

http://acl.bestbits.at/pipermail/acl-devel/2005-February/001848.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2005/08/msg00238.html http://secunia.com/advisories/17073 http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 http://secunia.com/advisories/18056 http://secunia.com/advisories/18059 http://secunia.com/advisories/19252 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_kernel.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0144.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14793 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10495