National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-1863

Overview

Directory traversal vulnerability in CIFS in Linux 2.6.16 and earlier allows local users to escape chroot restrictions for an SMB-mounted filesystem via "..\\" sequences, a similar vulnerability to CVE-2006-1864.

Impact

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

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=189434

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=189434

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=296034f7de8bdf111984ce1630ac598a9c94a253

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=296034f7de8bdf111984ce1630ac598a9c94a253

External Source: XF

Name: kernel-cifs-directory-traversal(26141)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/26141

External Source: TRUSTIX

Name: 2006-0024

Hyperlink:http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0024

External Source: BID

Name: 17742

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17742

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 25068

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/25068

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2006:028

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:151

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:151

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:150

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:150

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.11

Hyperlink:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.11

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-2554

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/2554

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-1542

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/1542

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1103

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 21614

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/21614

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20914

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20914

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20398

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20398

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19868

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19868

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:151

Hyperlink:http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:151

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:150

Hyperlink:http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:150