CVE-2007-0476

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Published Jan 25, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 4.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

The gencert.sh script, when installing OpenLDAP before 2.1.30-r10, 2.2.x before 2.2.28-r7, and 2.3.x before 2.3.30-r2 as an ebuild in Gentoo Linux, does not create temporary directories in /tmp securely during emerge, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

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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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:2.1.30:r9::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:2.2.28:r7::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:2.3.30:r2::::::

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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-2007-0474	The gencert.sh script, when installing OpenLDAP before 2.1.30-r10, 2.2.x before 2.2.28-r7, and 2.3.x before 2.3.30-r2 as an ebuild in Gentoo Linux, does not create temporary directories in /tmp securely during emerge, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

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% (0.368% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/31617
http://secunia.com/advisories/23881
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-19.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22195
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0305

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Gentoo Linux

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 12:19 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jan 25, 2007, 12:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 12:19 PM
Reserved: Jan 24, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:35 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Jan 25, 2007, 12:28 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:35 PM

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