CVE-2006-1052 Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [2.6_test9_cvs,2.6.17]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004288
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed5 May 2006
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 May 2006

CVE-2006-1052  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for torvalds/linux.

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.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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