CVE-2007-6211
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.9%EU EUVD
Send ICMP Nasty Garbage (sing) on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to append to arbitrary files and gain privileges via the -L (output log file) option. NOTE: this issue is only a vulnerability in limited environments, since sing is not installed setuid, and the administrator would need to override a non-setuid default during installation.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.9% (60th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-6179)
- Published
- December 4, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-6179 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / debian linux
- sing / sing
References
- http://osvdb.org/44157
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3412(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484472/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484591/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26679(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38822
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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