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over 2 years ago

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Disclosure

Jan 12, 2007

Discovery

Unknown

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Exploit

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Solution

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Description

(Description Provided by CVE) : The __block_prepare_write function in fs/buffer.c for Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.13 does not properly clear buffers during certain error conditions, which allows local users to read portions of files that have been unlinked.

Classification

Unknown or Incomplete

Products

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References

CVE ID: 2006-4813 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 21522
Secunia Advisory ID: 23370 23384 23474 23752 23997 24206
Other Advisory URL: http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-Dec/0009.html
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:012
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2007:0014

Tools & Filters

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Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 2.1
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-10-16 | Disagree?

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