Oval Definition:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10797
Revision Date: 2013-04-29 Version: 12 Title: The do_coredump function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.19 sets the flag variable to O_EXCL but does not use it, which allows context-dependent attackers to modify arbitrary files via a rewrite attack during a core dump. Description: The do_coredump function in fs/exec.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.19 sets the flag variable to O_EXCL but does not use it, which allows context-dependent attackers to modify arbitrary files via a rewrite attack during a core dump. Family: unix Class: vulnerability Status: ACCEPTED Reference(s): CVE-2006-6304 Platform(s): CentOS Linux 5 Oracle Linux 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Product(s): Definition Synopsis RHEL5, CentOS5 or Oracle Linux 5 The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 OR The operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x OR Oracle Linux 5.x AND Configuration section kernel-kdump is earlier than 0:2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 OR kernel-debug is earlier than 0:2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 OR kernel-xen is earlier than 0:2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 OR kernel-headers is earlier than 0:2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 OR kernel-kdump-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 OR kernel-xen-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 OR kernel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 OR kernel-PAE-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 OR kernel-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 OR kernel-PAE is earlier than 0:2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 OR kernel-debug-devel is earlier than 0:2.6.18-164.11.1.el5 OR kernel-doc is earlier than 0:2.6.18-164.11.1.el5
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