Information Exposure Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,2.6.15.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3004649
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed7 Mar 2006
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Mar 2006

CVE-2006-0554  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 2.6.15.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.15.5 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted XFS ftruncate call, which may return stale data.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1