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.
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http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3043 cve-icon cve-icon
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=c46f739dd39db3b07ab5deb4e3ec81e1c04a91af cve-icon cve-icon
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0055.html cve-icon cve-icon
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http://secunia.com/advisories/28706 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28748 cve-icon cve-icon
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http://secunia.com/advisories/30110 cve-icon cve-icon
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http://secunia.com/advisories/30962 cve-icon cve-icon
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http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0048 cve-icon cve-icon
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http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504 cve-icon cve-icon
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0787.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487808/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26701 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-578-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4090 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2222/references cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38841 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6206 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10719 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6206 cve-icon
History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-12-04T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:54:27.085Z

Reserved: 2007-12-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-6206

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-12-04T00:46:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:39:36.493

Link: CVE-2007-6206

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2004-07-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-6206 - Bugzilla