PT-2006-2385 · Debian · Debian

Ferenczi Viktor · Published 2006-03-24 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2006-1376

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Debian GNU/Linux version 3.1r1

Description The issue concerns the installation of Debian GNU/Linux from the network install CD, which creates a log file with world writable permissions. This allows local users to cause a denial of service by consuming disk space.

Recommendations For Debian GNU/Linux version 3.1r1, consider changing the permissions of the /var/log/debian-installer/cdebconf file to prevent world writable access as a temporary workaround to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-1376

Affected Products

Debian

References · 7

• http://secunia.com/advisories/19331 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-1376 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-1376 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1376 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-1376 · Vendor Advisory
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=358210 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25526 · Note