CVE-2005-3623 Information

Description

nfs2acl.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.14.4 does not check for MAY_SATTR privilege before setting access controls (ACL) on files on exported NFS filesystems which allows remote attackers to bypass ACLs for readonly mounted NFS filesystems.

Reference

http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/12/23/171 http://secunia.com/advisories/18788 http://secunia.com/advisories/19038 http://secunia.com/advisories/21465 http://secunia.com/advisories/22417 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_06_kernel.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16570 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A11707