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CVE-2006-3626

Published: Jul 18, 2006 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.2 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
UNTRIAGED
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3626
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16 (including) 2.6.16 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16-rc1 (including) 2.6.16-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16-rc2 (including) 2.6.16-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16-rc3 (including) 2.6.16-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16-rc4 (including) 2.6.16-rc4 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16-rc5 (including) 2.6.16-rc5 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16-rc6 (including) 2.6.16-rc6 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16.1 (including) 2.6.16.1 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16.2 (including) 2.6.16.2 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16.3 (including) 2.6.16.3 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16.4 (including) 2.6.16.4 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16.5 (including) 2.6.16.5 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16.6 (including) 2.6.16.6 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16.7 (including) 2.6.16.7 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16.8 (including) 2.6.16.8 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16.9 (including) 2.6.16.9 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16.10 (including) 2.6.16.10 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16.11 (including) 2.6.16.11 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16.12 (including) 2.6.16.12 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16.13 (including) 2.6.16.13 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16.14 (including) 2.6.16.14 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16.15 (including) 2.6.16.15 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16.16 (including) 2.6.16.16 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16.17 (including) 2.6.16.17 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16.18 (including) 2.6.16.18 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16.19 (including) 2.6.16.19 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16.20 (including) 2.6.16.20 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16.21 (including) 2.6.16.21 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16.22 (including) 2.6.16.22 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16.23 (including) 2.6.16.23 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.16.24 (including) 2.6.16.24 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.17 (including) 2.6.17 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.17-rc1 (including) 2.6.17-rc1 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.17-rc2 (including) 2.6.17-rc2 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.17-rc3 (including) 2.6.17-rc3 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.17-rc4 (including) 2.6.17-rc4 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.17-rc5 (including) 2.6.17-rc5 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.17-rc6 (including) 2.6.17-rc6 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.17.1 (including) 2.6.17.1 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.17.2 (including) 2.6.17.2 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.17.3 (including) 2.6.17.3 (including)
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.17.4 (including) 2.6.17.4 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 RedHat kernel-0:2.6.9-42.0.2.EL *
Linux-source-2.6.15 Ubuntu dapper *
Linux-source-2.6.17 Ubuntu edgy *

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