NFS Filesystem ACL Bypass Vulnerability

CVE-2005-3623 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

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