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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.2

CVE-2006-3626 json

Race condition in Linux kernel 2.6.17.4 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges by using prctl with PR_SET_DUMPABLE in a way…

published 2006-07-15 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-3621

cvss
6.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Race condition in Linux kernel 2.6.17.4 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges by using prctl with PR_SET_DUMPABLE in a way that causes /proc/self/environ to become setuid root.

Patch / fix

  • kernel RHEL 4 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
  • kernel-smp RHEL 4 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
  • kernel-hugemem RHEL 4 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
  • kernel-largesmp RHEL 4 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0617

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2006-3626 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 kernel 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 kernel 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 kernel 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 kernel 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL, kernel-smp 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL, kernel-hugemem 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL, kernel-largesmp 2.6.9-42.0.2.EL
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0617

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Exploit prediction

2.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.2 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

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References

Sources

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