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CVE-2006-4243

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Nov 06, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
10 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4243
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html

linux vserver 2.6 before 2.6.17 suffers from privilege escalation in remount code.

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux-vserver Linux-vserver 1.9.0 (including) 2.6.17 (excluding)
Linux Ubuntu upstream *

Potential Mitigations

References

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