CVE-2006-1052

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 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: 2006-05-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

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 (+124)

References

http://marc.info/?l=git-commits-head&m=114210002712363&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=selinux&m=114226465106131&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/19955
http://secunia.com/advisories/20157
http://secunia.com/advisories/21465
http://secunia.com/advisories/22093
http://secunia.com/advisories/22417
http://selinuxnews.org/wp/index.php/2006/03/13/security-ptrace-bug-cve-2006-1052/
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-200.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:086
http://www.osvdb.org/25232

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