Security Advisory

CVE-2006-3626

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2006-07-15 01:06:00

Last updated 2024-08-07 18:39:53

Assigner mitre

State PUBLISHED

Description

Race condition in Linux kernel 2.6.17.4 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges by using prctl with PR_SET_DUMPABLE in a way that causes /proc/self/environ to become setuid root.

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