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CVE-2005-2555

CVE-2005-2555

EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected products
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References
http://secunia.com/advisories/17002http://secunia.com/advisories/17073http://secunia.com/advisories/17826http://secunia.com/advisories/19369http://secunia.com/advisories/19374https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10444https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6fc0b4a7a73a81e74d0004732df358f4f9975be2http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=6fc0b4a7a73a81e74d0004732df358f4f9975be2http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218