CVE-2006-1376 Misconfiguration in n/a

What is CVE-2006-1376?

CVE-2006-1376 is a low-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 24 Mar 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The installation of Debian GNU/Linux 3.1r1 from the network install CD creates /var/log/debian-installer/cdebconf with world writable permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1376?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Debian Debian Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2006-1376?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2006-1376 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1376 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1376, GHSA-wf55-rg6h-r62x.