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CVE Reference: CVE-2006-3626
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2006-3626

Description:
Race condition in Linux kernel 2.6.17.4 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges by using prctl with PR_SET_DUMPABLE in a way that causes /proc/self/environ to become setuid root.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/27790

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-319-1
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-319-2

SUSE
  http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_49_kernel.html
  http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_47_kernel.html
  http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html
  http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_17_sr.html

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA21073
  Secunia Advisory: SA21119
  Secunia Advisory: SA21123
  Secunia Advisory: SA21179
  Secunia Advisory: SA21057
  Secunia Advisory: SA21605
  Secunia Advisory: SA21041
  Secunia Advisory: SA22174
  Secunia Advisory: SA21498

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0617.html

OVAL
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10060

OSVDB
  27120

MANDRIVA
  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:124

FULLDISC
  http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-July/047907.html

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1111

CONFIRM
  http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-203.htm
  http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=blobdiff;h=0cb8f20d000c25118947fcafa81606300ced35f8;hp=243a94af0427b2630fb85f489a5419410dac3bfc;hb=18b0bbd8ca6d3cb90425aa0d77b99a762c6d6de3;f=fs/proc/base.c
  http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.5

BUGTRAQ
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/440300/100/0/threaded

BID
  18992


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