CVE-2006-2071 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information

CVE Reference: CVE-2006-2071
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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.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/26169 UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-302-1 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA20157 Secunia Advisory: SA20716 Secunia Advisory: SA21035 Secunia Advisory: SA22292 Secunia Advisory: SA22497 Secunia Advisory: SA22945 Secunia Advisory: SA22875 Secunia Advisory: SA23064 REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0710.html 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 OSVDB 25139 MANDRIVA http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:086 CONFIRM http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-202-200610-patch.html http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-213-200610-patch.html http://www.vmware.com/download/esx/esx-254-200610-patch.html 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://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.6 BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/451426/100/200/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/451417/100/200/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/451419/100/200/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/451404/100/0/threaded

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