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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-01-09T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:38:51.839Z

Reserved: 2005-12-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-4351

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2017-07-20T01:29:13.817

Link: CVE-2005-4351

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