1.7
LOW
CVE-2006-0554
XFS Stale Data Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

March 7, 2006, 2:02 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 1:58 a.m.

Source :

bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

3.1
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-0554 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2006-0554 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-0554 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Source Update by bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Source MITRE Silicon Graphics (SGI)
  • CVE Modified by bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24999 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://secunia.com/advisories/19220 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:150 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0804 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15.5 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://secunia.com/advisories/20398 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:059 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://secunia.com/advisories/19083 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) https://usn.ubuntu.com/263-1/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16921 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://secunia.com/advisories/20914 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15.5
    Removed Reference MITRE http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16921
    Removed Reference MITRE http://secunia.com/advisories/19083
    Removed Reference MITRE http://secunia.com/advisories/19220
    Removed Reference MITRE http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html
    Removed Reference MITRE http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1103
    Removed Reference MITRE http://secunia.com/advisories/20914
    Removed Reference MITRE http://secunia.com/advisories/20398
    Removed Reference MITRE http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:059
    Removed Reference MITRE http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:150
    Removed Reference MITRE http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2554
    Removed Reference MITRE http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0804
    Removed Reference MITRE https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24999
    Removed Reference MITRE https://usn.ubuntu.com/263-1/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-263-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/263-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/24999 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24999 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 07, 2006

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-0554 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-0554 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} -0.00%

score

0.07888

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability