CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-4351

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2005-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2005-12-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

The securelevels implementation in FreeBSD 7.0 and earlier, OpenBSD up to 3.8, DragonFly up to 1.2, and Linux up to 2.6.15 allows root users to bypass immutable settings for files by mounting another filesystem that masks the immutable files while the system is running.

Affected configurations

• dragonfly dragonfly (<= 1.2) • freebsd freebsd (<= 6.0) • freebsd freebsd 7.0 • linux linux kernel (<= 2.6.15) • openbsd openbsd (<= 3.8)

References