CVE-2006-3118

Severity: low (CVSS 1.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-06-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

spread uses a temporary file with a static filename based on the port number, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by creating the file during a race condition between unlink and bind function calls. NOTE: spread deletes this temporary file before use, which could cause conflicts with other programs that use the same filename, but this is not a distinct issue.

Affected products

Canonical Spread: all versions

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=375617
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18675
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/spread/+bug/44171
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=375617
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18675
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/spread/+bug/44171

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