Back to Database
Status published
Medium
CVE-2005-2555
Linux kernel 2.6.x does not properly restrict socket policy access...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
THREAT MONITOR
Am I Vulnerable?
Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2005-2555
Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10444
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17073
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19369
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=6fc0b4a7a73a81e74d0004732df358f4f9975be2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14609
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17002
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17826
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6fc0b4a7a73a81e74d0004732df358f4f9975be2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1878
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19374
More from debian
View All →CVE-2022-48174
There is a stack overflow vulnerability in ash.c:6030 in busybox...
Critical
9.8
CVE-2021-38172
perM 0.4.0 has a Buffer Overflow related to strncpy. (Debian...
Critical
9.8
CVE-2021-36086
The CIL compiler in SELinux 3.2 has a use-after-free in...
Low
3.3
CVE-2021-31799
In RDoc 3.11 through 6.x before 6.3.1, as distributed with...
Unknown
0
CVE-2021-28374
The Debian courier-authlib package before 0.71.1-2 for Courier Authentication Library...
High
7.5
Affected Vendor
debian
View all reports →Affected Software
debian linux, linux kernel
Vulnerable Versions:
3.1, 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5, 2.6.6, 2.6.7, 2.6.8, 2.6.8.1, 2.6.8.1.5, 2.6.9, 2.6.10, 2.6.11, 2.6.11.1, 2.6.11.2, 2.6.11.3, 2.6.11.4, 2.6.11.5, 2.6.11.6, 2.6.11.7, 2.6.11.8, 2.6.11_rc1_bk6, 2.6.12, 2.6_test9_cvs
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 16th, 2005
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.