CVE-2007-6249 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

etc-update in Portage before 2.1.3.11 on Gentoo Linux relies on the umask to set permissions for the merge file, often resulting in permissions weaker than those of the original files, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the merge file.

Published: 2007-12-15

Score: 2.1 Low

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

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:portage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-6217	etc-update in Portage before 2.1.3.11 on Gentoo Linux relies on the umask to set permissions for the merge file, often resulting in permissions weaker than those of the original files, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the merge file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

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 0.00078.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193589
http://osvdb.org/42636
http://secunia.com/advisories/28094
http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/portage?rev=7799&view=rev
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-11.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26864
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019097
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39035

History

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Subscriptions

Gentoo Linux Portage

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-12-15T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:02:36.433Z

Reserved: 2007-12-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-6249

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-12-15T01:46:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-6249

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-200

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