Description
The ec_dev_ioctl function in net/econet/af_econet.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.36.2 does not require the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and configure econet addresses via an SIOCSIFADDR ioctl call.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=16c41745c7b92a243d0874f534c1655196c64b74 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43056 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=644156 ↗
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-12/0086.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00000.html ↗
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/30/1 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0298 ↗
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.36.2 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:051 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:257 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00007.html ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0375 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1023-1 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-02/msg00002.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43291 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0213 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2126 ↗