CVE-2005-4352

Publication date 31 December 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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."

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux-source-2.6.15 6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life, was needed
linux-source-2.6.17 6.10 edgy Ignored end of life, was needed
linux-source-2.6.20 7.04 feisty Ignored end of life, was needed