CVE-2007-6206 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3043 http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=c46f739dd39db3b07ab5deb4e3ec81e1c04a91af http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00005.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00006.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00002.html http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000023.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0055.html http://secunia.com/advisories/27908 http://secunia.com/advisories/28141 http://secunia.com/advisories/28643 http://secunia.com/advisories/28706 http://secunia.com/advisories/28748 http://secunia.com/advisories/28826 http://secunia.com/advisories/28889 http://secunia.com/advisories/28971 http://secunia.com/advisories/29058 http://secunia.com/advisories/30110 http://secunia.com/advisories/30818 http://secunia.com/advisories/30962 http://secunia.com/advisories/31246 http://secunia.com/advisories/33280 http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0048 http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1436 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:044 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:086 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:112 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0089.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0211.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487808/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26701 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-578-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4090 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2222/references https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38841 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10719