CVEvulnerability
CVE-2006-6304
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2006-12-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel 2.6.19
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23349 Vendor Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666 support.avaya.com
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.19.1 www.kernel.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21591 Patch
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0074/ www.trustix.org
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5002 Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10797 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7446 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html rhn.redhat.com
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23349 Vendor Advisory
- http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666 support.avaya.com
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.19.1 www.kernel.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21591 Patch
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0074/ www.trustix.org
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5002 Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10797 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7446 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html rhn.redhat.com
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html rhn.redhat.com