CVE-2005-3785 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00523.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Gentoo	Linux Eix

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-3780	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.

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=112061
http://secunia.com/advisories/17699
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-19.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15541
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2539

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-11-23T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:24:36.260Z

Reserved: 2005-11-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-3785

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-11-23T23:03:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-3785

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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