CVE-2006-2071

CVE Details

Release Date:	2006-04-27
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

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.

See more information about CVE-2006-2071 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	2.1
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (kernel)	ELSA-2006-0689	2006-11-30
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (ocfs2-2.6.9-42.0.3.0.2.EL)	ELSA-2006-0689	2006-11-30
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (oracleasm-2.6.9-42.0.3.0.2.EL)	ELSA-2006-0689	2006-11-30