PT-2007-7100 · Debian · Debian

Milen Rangelov · Published 2007-12-04 · Updated 2018-10-15 · CVE-2007-6211

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Debian GNU/Linux (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to append to arbitrary files and gain privileges. This is achieved by sending ICMP Nasty Garbage (sing) and utilizing the -L option, which specifies an output log file. It's noted that this issue is only a vulnerability in limited environments, as sing is not installed setuid by default, and an administrator would need to override this default during installation.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-6211

Affected Products

Debian

References · 8

• 🔥 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3412 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/26679 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/4698 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6211 · Security Note
• http://osvdb.org/44157 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/484472/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38822 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/484591/100/200/threaded · Note