CVE-2005-3623

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

nfs2acl.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.14.4 does not check for MAY_SATTR privilege before setting access controls (ACL) on files on exported NFS filesystems, which allows remote attackers to bypass ACLs for readonly mounted NFS filesystems.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.14.4

References

http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html
http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/12/23/171
http://secunia.com/advisories/18788
http://secunia.com/advisories/19038
http://secunia.com/advisories/21465
http://secunia.com/advisories/22417
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_06_kernel.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16570
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11707
http://lists.suse.de/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Feb/0010.html

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