CVE-2006-3118: Canonical Spread

Low severity, CVSS 1.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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: any version

Published 2006-06-30. Last modified 2026-06-16.