National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-1052

Overview

The selinux_ptrace logic in hooks.c in SELinux for Linux 2.6.6 allows local users with ptrace permissions to change the tracer SID to an SID of another process.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: BID

Name: 17830

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17830

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19955

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19955

External Source: MLIST

Name: [selinux] 20060313 [SECURITY] SELinux ptrace bug (CVE-2006-1052)

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=selinux&m=114226465106131&w=2

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-281-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-281-1

External Source: MISC

Name: http://selinuxnews.org/wp/index.php/2006/03/13/security-ptrace-bug-cve-2006-1052/

Hyperlink:http://selinuxnews.org/wp/index.php/2006/03/13/security-ptrace-bug-cve-2006-1052/

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10102

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10102

External Source: MLIST

Name: [git-commits-head] 20060311 [PATCH] selinux: tracer SID fix

Hyperlink:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=git-commits-head&m=114210002712363&w=2

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2006:0575

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 25232

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/25232

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:086

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:086

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1184

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22417

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22417

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22093

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22093

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21465

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21465

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20157

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20157

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10102

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10102