CVE-2006-2071 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.6 http://secunia.com/advisories/20157 http://secunia.com/advisories/20716 http://secunia.com/advisories/21035 http://secunia.com/advisories/22292 http://secunia.com/advisories/22497 http://secunia.com/advisories/22875 http://secunia.com/advisories/22945 http://secunia.com/advisories/23064 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-254.htm http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b78b6af66a5fbaf17d7e6bfc32384df5e34408c8 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:086 http://www.osvdb.org/25139 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0579.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0580.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0710.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451404/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451417/100/200/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451419/100/200/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451426/100/200/threaded http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1 http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-202-200610-patch.html http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-213-200610-patch.html http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-254-200610-patch.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1391 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4502 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=190073 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26169 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9978