CVE-2006-6304
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2006-12-14 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
Description
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.
See more information about CVE-2006-6304 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 7.5 |
| Vector String: | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel) | ELSA-2010-0046 | 2010-01-20 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (ocfs2-2.6.18-164.11.1.0.1.el5) | ELSA-2010-0046 | 2010-01-20 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (oracleasm-2.6.18-164.11.1.0.1.el5) | ELSA-2010-0046 | 2010-01-20 |
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