CVE-2006-6614 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2006-6614?

CVE-2006-6614 is a low-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 18 Dec 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The save_log_local function in Fully Automatic Installation (FAI) 2.10.1, and possibly 3.1.2, when verbose mode is enabled, stores the root password hash in /var/log/fai/current/fai.log, whose file permissions allow it to be copied to other hosts when fai-savelog is called and allows attackers to obtain the hash.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6614?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Thomas Lange Fully Automated Installation.

How do I fix CVE-2006-6614?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2006-6614 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6614 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-2006-6614, GHSA-469x-cxxm-g67j.