CVE-2005-2555

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-08-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Linux kernel 2.6.x does not properly restrict socket policy access to users with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability, which could allow local users to conduct unauthorized activities via (1) ipv4/ip_sockglue.c and (2) ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 3.1
Linux kernel: 2.6.0, 2.6.0-test1, 2.6.0-test10, 2.6.0-test11, 2.6.0-test2, 2.6.0-test3 (+43)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/17002
http://secunia.com/advisories/17073
http://secunia.com/advisories/17826
http://secunia.com/advisories/19369
http://secunia.com/advisories/19374
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1017
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1018
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6fc0b4a7a73a81e74d0004732df358f4f9975be2
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=6fc0b4a7a73a81e74d0004732df358f4f9975be2
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:218
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_50_kernel.html

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