CVE-2004-1901

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Published May 10, 2005 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Portage before 2.0.50-r3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a hard link attack on the lockfiles.

Affected Products

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:gentoo:portage::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:portage:2.0.50:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:rc2::::::

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

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.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.366% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/11305
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-01.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10060
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15754

History

Jan 16, 2025 6:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Gentoo Linux Portage

Weaknesses

CWE-59

Sources

CVE record Updated: Jan 16, 2025, 6:09 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 10, 2005, 4:00 AM
Updated: Jan 16, 2025, 6:09 PM
Reserved: May 4, 2005, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 1:07 AM

Updated: Aug 8, 2024, 1:07 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:08 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 31, 2004, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:08 PM

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