CVE-2005-3785

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Published Nov 23, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

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

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

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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.

Metrics

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.

Exploit prediction score: 1.1% (1.099% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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

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Subscriptions

Gentoo Linux Eix

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 11:24 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Nov 23, 2005, 11:00 PM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 11:24 PM
Reserved: Nov 23, 2005, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:17 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 23, 2005, 11:03 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:17 PM

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