CVE-2005-2801

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

xattr.c in the ext2 and ext3 file system code for Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly compare the name_index fields when sharing xattr blocks, which could prevent default ACLs from being applied.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-09-06 CVE Reserved
2005-09-06 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
2024-08-13 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-697: Incorrect Comparison

CAPEC

References (18)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/17073	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17826	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/18056	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/18059	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/19252	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14793	Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10495	Broken Link

URL	Date	SRC
http://acl.bestbits.at/pipermail/acl-devel/2005-February/001848.html	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2005/08/msg00238.html	2024-02-16
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_kernel.html	2024-02-16

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921	2024-02-16
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922	2024-02-16
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219	2024-02-16
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html	2024-02-16
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0144.html	2024-02-16
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded	2024-02-16
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2801	2006-03-15
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617759	2006-03-15

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				2.6.0 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "2.6.0"		-		Affected