CVE-2006-6614

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-12-18 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 3.1
Thomas Lange Fully Automated Installation: 2.1, 3.1.2

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=402644
http://secunia.com/advisories/23330
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21579
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4995
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30892
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=402644
http://secunia.com/advisories/23330
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21579
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4995
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30892

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