CVE-2005-1707

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Published May 24, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 4.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

The fn_show_postinst function in Gentoo webapp-config before 1.10-r14 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the postinst.txt temporary file.

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 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:linux_webapp-config:1.10:r14:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-1709	The fn_show_postinst function in Gentoo webapp-config before 1.10-r14 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the postinst.txt temporary file.

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.985% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91785
http://secunia.com/advisories/15445
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014027
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-13.xml
http://www.osvdb.org/16746
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13780
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0809
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/webapp-config-05182005.txt

History

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Subscriptions

Gentoo Linux Webapp-config

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 9:59 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: May 24, 2005, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 9:59 PM
Reserved: May 24, 2005, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:13 PM

Status: Modified
Published: May 24, 2005, 4:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:13 PM

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