CVE-2005-3785

Second-order symlink vulnerability in eix-sync.in in Ebuild IndeX (eix) before 0.5.0_pre2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the exi.X.sync temporary file, which is processed by the diff-eix program.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112061
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-19.xml	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17699	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15541
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2539

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:linux_eix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2005-11-23 15:03

Updated : 2011-03-07 18:27

NVD link : CVE-2005-3785

Mitre link : CVE-2005-3785

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Products Affected

gentoo

linux_eix

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