# CVE-2006-2451: The suid\_dumpable support in Linux kernel 2.6.13 up to versions before 2.6.17.4, and 2.6.16 before 2.6.16.24, allows a local user to cause a

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 5 on Exploit-DB, 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2006-07-07 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The suid_dumpable support in Linux kernel 2.6.13 up to versions before 2.6.17.4, and 2.6.16 before 2.6.16.24, allows a local user to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) and possibly gain privileges via the PR_SET_DUMPABLE argument of the prctl function and a program that causes a core dump file to be created in a directory for which the user does not have permissions.

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## References

- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0574.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440117/100/0/threaded
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_17_sr.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2699
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439483/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440379/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/440057/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439610/100/100/threaded
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_47_kernel.html
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.17.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0af184bb9f80edfbb94de46cb52e9592e5a547b0
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016451
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20965
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18874
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-311-1
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.24
- http://www.osvdb.org/27030
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21966
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_16_sr.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20953
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21498
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=195902
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.4
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_49_kernel.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20986
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2004
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2005
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2006
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2011
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2031
- https://github.com/0b0111100/2006

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