CVE-2005-4352 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2005-4352?

CVE-2005-4352 is a low-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 9 Jan 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The securelevels implementation in NetBSD 2.1 and earlier, and Linux 2.6.15 and earlier, allows local users to bypass time setting restrictions and set the clock backwards by setting the clock ahead to the maximum unixtime value (19 Jan 2038), which then wraps around to the minimum value (13 Dec 1901), which can then be set ahead to the desired time, aka "settimeofday() time wrap."

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-4352?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Linux kernel, Netbsd Netbsd.

How do I fix CVE-2005-4352?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-4352 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2005-4352 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4352 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-4c5g-m7r5-24rq.