CVE-2005-1707 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The fn_show_postinst function in Gentoo webapp-config before 1.10-r14 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the postinst.txt temporary file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00228.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Gentoo	Linux Webapp-config

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:linux_webapp-config:1.10:r14:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-1709	The fn_show_postinst function in Gentoo webapp-config before 1.10-r14 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the postinst.txt temporary file.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91785
http://secunia.com/advisories/15445
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014027
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-13.xml
http://www.osvdb.org/16746
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13780
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0809
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/webapp-config-05182005.txt

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-05-24T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:59:24.037Z

Reserved: 2005-05-24T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-1707

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-05-24T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-1707

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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