CVE-2005-2801

Summary

CVECVE-2005-2801
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-09-06 17:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionxattr.c in the ext2 and ext3 file system code for Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly compare the name_index fields when sharing xattr blocks, which could prevent default ACLs from being applied.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-697 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 2.6.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Linux Kernel EXT2/EXT3 File System Access Control Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Re: ACL patches in Debian 2.4 series kernel. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org Mailing List, Patch
Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for kernel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-922-1 kernel-source-2.6.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for kernel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Broken Link
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-921-1 kernel-source-2.4.27 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Red Hat update for kernel af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Broken Link
[Acl-Devel] [FIX] Long-standing xattr sharing bug af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 acl.bestbits.at Broken Link, Exploit
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Broken Link
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for kernel-source-2.4.27 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for kernel-source-2.6.8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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