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CVE-2005-3623

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2005-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-862

References