gen-index in GNATS 4.0, 4.1.0, and possibly earlier versions, when installed setuid, does not properly check files passed to the -o argument and opens the file with write access, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2005-07-10T04:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T22:15:37.673Z
Reserved: 2005-07-10T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2005-2180
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2005-07-11T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2024-11-20T23:58:57.920
Link: CVE-2005-2180
Redhat
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