CVE-2006-6304 Information

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.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/23349 http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.19.1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21591 http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0074/ http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5002 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10797 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A7446 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html