LOW
security flaw
Published Oct 12, 2006
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.41%
Description
The __block_prepare_write function in fs/buffer.c for Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.13 does not properly clear buffers during certain error conditions, which allows local users to read portions of files that have been unlinked.
Affected products
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OR
- 2.6.0
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
kernel-0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0014
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | kernel-0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0014 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
2.1 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.41% 0.00414
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00414
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.41% (0.00414) | 33.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00392) | 30.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 16.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 29.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 8, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00066) | 27.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (22)
- http://osvdb.org/31376 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23370 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23384 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23474 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23752 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23997 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24206 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=152becd26e0563aefdbc4fd1fe491928efe92d1f x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:012 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21522 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-4813 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=207463 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618206 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4813
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11701 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-4813
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Oct 12, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 15, 2006
Link CVE-2006-4813
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a