CVE-2005-2555

Debian Linux - Access Control

Title source: rule

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.

References (19)

[Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/17002

[Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/17073

[Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/17826

[Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/19369

[Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/19374

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018

[Broken Link] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219

[Broken Link] http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html

[Not Applicable] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html

[Not Applicable] http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14609

[Broken Link] http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1878

[Vendor Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6fc0b4a7a73a81e74d0004732df358f4f9975be2

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=6fc0b4a7a73a81e74d0004732df358f4f9975be2

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10444

Scores

EPSS 0.0009

EPSS Percentile 25.8%

Classification

CWE

CWE-264

Status draft

Affected Products (50)

debian/debian_linux

linux/linux_kernel

... and 35 more

Timeline

Published Aug 16, 2005

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026