Information exposure in Linux kernel - CVE-2006-0554

 

Information exposure in Linux kernel - CVE-2006-0554

Published: March 7, 2006 / Updated: October 3, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU99909
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2006-0554
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to corrupt data.

Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.15.5 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted XFS ftruncate call, which may return stale data.


How to mitigate CVE-2006-0554

Install update from vendor's repository.

Sources