CVE-2006-6304

N/A

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published12/14/2006

Last Modified4/23/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

linux:linux_kernel

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/23349(cve@mitre.org)

http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.19.1(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21591(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0074/(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5002(cve@mitre.org)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10797(cve@mitre.org)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7446(cve@mitre.org)

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html(cve@mitre.org)

http://secunia.com/advisories/23349(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.19.1(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21591(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0074/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5002(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10797(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7446(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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