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CVE-2006-6304

Published: Dec 14, 2006 | Modified: Oct 11, 2017
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
1.9 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
UNTRIAGED
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6304
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/399.html

The do_coredump function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.19 sets the flag variable to O_EXCL but does not use it, which allows context-dependent attackers to modify arbitrary files via a rewrite attack during a core dump.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux 2.6.19 (including) 2.6.19 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RedHat kernel-0:2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 *

References

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