01 Record
CVE-2005-2801
xattr.c in the ext2 and ext3 file system code for Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly compare the name_index fields when sharing xattr blocks, which could prevent default ACLs from being applied.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
xattr.c in the ext2 and ext3 file system code for Linux kernel 2.6 does not properly compare the name_index fields when sharing xattr blocks, which could prevent default ACLs from being applied.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-09-06 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-09-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-697Incorrect ComparisonPillar
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4ddd7fe406e1cd234162187238c53d161ff2121dfbd167dd7a2f0740da9efc6a
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com18056http://secunia.com/advisories/18056
- secunia.com17073http://secunia.com/advisories/17073
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2006:0144http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0144.html
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2005:018http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_kernel.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10495https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10495
- secunia.com18059http://secunia.com/advisories/18059
- acl.bestbits.at[Acl-Devel] 20050205 [FIX] Long-standing xattr sharing bughttp://acl.bestbits.at/pipermail/acl-devel/2005-February/001848.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-kernel] 20050809 Re: ACL patches in Debian 2.4 series kernel.http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2005/08/msg00238.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-922http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922
- www.debian.orgDSA-921http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-921
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:514http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-514.html
- secunia.com17826http://secunia.com/advisories/17826
- www.securityfocus.comFLSA:157459-3http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427980/100/0/threaded
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:219http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219
- www.securityfocus.com14793http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14793
- secunia.com19252http://secunia.com/advisories/19252