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CVE-2005-2555 Details

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.x does not properly restrict socket policy access to users with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability, which could allow local users to conduct unauthorized activities via (1) ipv4/ip_sockglue.c and (2) ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17002	CVE	Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17073	CVE	Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17826	CVE	Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19369	CVE	Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19374	CVE	Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10444	CVE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6fc0b4a7a73a81e74d0004732df358f4f9975be2	CVE
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=6fc0b4a7a73a81e74d0004732df358f4f9975be2	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219	CVE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html	CVE	Not Applicable
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html	CVE	Not Applicable
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14609	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1878	CVE	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17002	[email protected]	Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17073	[email protected]	Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17826	[email protected]	Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19369	[email protected]	Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19374	[email protected]	Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10444	[email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1/	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6fc0b4a7a73a81e74d0004732df358f4f9975be2	[email protected]
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=6fc0b4a7a73a81e74d0004732df358f4f9975be2	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219	[email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html	[email protected]	Not Applicable
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-663.html	[email protected]	Not Applicable
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14609	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1878	[email protected]	Broken Link

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
debian debian linux	3.1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
linux linux kernel	2.6.0 2.6.0 test1 2.6.0 test10 2.6.0 test11 2.6.0 test2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test10:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test11:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test3:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test4:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test5:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test6:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test7:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test8:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test9:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.6:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.7:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8:rc3:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5::386::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5::686::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5::686_smp::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5::amd64::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5::amd64_k8::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5::amd64_k8_smp::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5::amd64_xeon::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5::k7::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5::k7_smp::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5::power3::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5::power3_smp::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5::power4::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5::power4_smp::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5::powerpc::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.8.1.5::powerpc_smp::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.9:2.6.20:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.10:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11:rc3:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11:rc4:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11_rc1_bk6:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc1:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc4:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6_test9_cvs:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

12 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 19, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 19, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 18, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Nov 8, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 16, 2005	Initial Analysis	[email protected]