CVE-2007-6206
LOW severity · CVSS 2.1 · Information disclosure
2.1CVSS LOW
Summary
The do_coredump function in fs/exec.c in Linux kernel 2.4.x and 2.6.x up to 2.6.24-rc3, and possibly other versions, does not change the UID of a core dump file if it exists before a root process creates a core dump in the same location, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (2)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3043Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=c46f739dd39db3b07ab5deb4e3ec81e1c04a91af
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00005.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0055.htmlAdvisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27908Advisory