CVE-2006-2110 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local guest users in Vserver can escalate privileges to guest-root by exploiting context capabilities, requiring kernel updates.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-2110?
CVE-2006-2110 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 May 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Virtual Private Server (Vserver) 2.0.x before 2.0.2-rc18 and 2.1.x before 2.1.1-rc18 provides certain context capabilities (ccaps) that allow local guest users to perform operations that were only intended to be allowed by the guest-root.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2110?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Virtual Private Server Vserver.
How do I fix CVE-2006-2110?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2006-2110 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2110 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DSA-1060-1, GHSA-jmmm-f4ch-325f.