Vulnerability: Unauthorized Access to Host System Files in Linux 2.4 Kernel Patch

Vulnerability: Unauthorized Access to Host System Files in Linux 2.4 Kernel Patch

CVE-2005-4347 · MEDIUM Severity

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

The Linux 2.4 kernel patch in kernel-patch-vserver before 1.9.5.5 and 2.x before 2.3 for Debian GNU/Linux does not correctly set the "chroot barrier" with util-vserver, which allows attackers to access files on the host system that are outside of the vserver.

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