CVE-2005-3343 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

tkdiff before 4.1.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Published: 2005-12-27

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:tkdiff:tkdiff:3.0.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tkdiff:tkdiff:3.0.9:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tkdiff:tkdiff:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tkdiff:tkdiff:4.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tkdiff:tkdiff:4.1:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-927-1	New tkdiff packages fix insecure temporary file creation
Debian DSA	DSA-927-2	New tkdiff packages fix insecure temporary file creation
EUVD	EUVD-2005-3342	tkdiff before 4.1.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

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 0.00073.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/18083
http://secunia.com/advisories/18215
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015421
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=380030&group_id=64960
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-927
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:001
http://www.osvdb.org/21933
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16064
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23858

History

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Tkdiff Tkdiff

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2005-12-27T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:10:08.557Z

Reserved: 2005-10-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-3343

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-12-27T23:03:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-3343

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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