CVE-2006-2451

The suid_dumpable support in Linux kernel 2.6.13 up to versions before 2.6.17.4, and 2.6.16 before 2.6.16.24, allows a local user to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) and possibly gain privileges via the PR_SET_DUMPABLE argument of the prctl function and a program that causes a core dump file to be created in a directory for which the user does not have permissions.

🔗 References (66)

• secalert@redhathttp://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=195902
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/20953
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/20960
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/20965
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/20986
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/20991
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/21179
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/21498
• secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/21966
• secalert@redhathttp://securitytracker.com/id?1016451
• secalert@redhathttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-162.htm
• secalert@redhathttp://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.17.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0af184bb9f80edfbb94de46cb52e9592e5a547b0
• secalert@redhathttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.24
• secalert@redhathttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.4
• secalert@redhathttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_16_sr.html