CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-4243

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Nov 06, 2019 | Modified: Nov 06, 2019
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

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)

Potential Mitigations

References