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CVE-2006-4243

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-11-06 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

linux vserver 2.6 before 2.6.17 suffers from privilege escalation in remount code.

Affected products

• Linux-Vserver: from 1.9.0 before 2.6.17 — fixed in 2.6.17

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux-Vserver 2.6.17. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4243
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4243

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