CVE-2006-2071 Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [2.4.23_ow2,2.6.16]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (25th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004229
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed27 Apr 2006
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 27 Apr 2006

CVE-2006-2071  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for torvalds/linux.

Overview

Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x up to 2.6.16 allows local users to bypass IPC permissions and modify a readonly attachment of shared memory by using mprotect to give write permission to the attachment. NOTE: some original raw sources combined this issue with CVE-2006-1524, but they are different bugs.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1