CVE - CVE-2006-4813

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-4813	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207463 CONFIRM:http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=152becd26e0563aefdbc4fd1fe491928efe92d1f CONFIRM:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm DEBIAN:DSA-1233 URL:http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233 MANDRIVA:MDKSA-2007:012 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:012 MANDRIVA:MDKSA-2007:025 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025 REDHAT:RHSA-2007:0014 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html SUSE:SUSE-SA:2006:079 URL:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html UBUNTU:USN-395-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1 BID:21522 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21522 OSVDB:31376 URL:http://osvdb.org/31376 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11701 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11701 SECUNIA:23370 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/23370 SECUNIA:23384 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/23384 SECUNIA:23752 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/23752 SECUNIA:23997 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/23997 SECUNIA:24206 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/24206 SECUNIA:23474 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/23474
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Date Entry Created
20060915	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20060915)
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