CVE-2006-4813

Upstream information

CVE-2006-4813 at MITRE

Description

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.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently not rated by SUSE as it is not affecting the SUSE Enterprise products.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	2.1
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	None
Availability Impact	None

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 208460 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• SUSE-SA:2006:079, published Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:00:00 +0000

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 05:12:11 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:17:56 2023