CVE-2004-1901

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Summary

CVECVE-2004-1901
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2004-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-26 17:07:00 UTC
DescriptionPortage before 2.0.50-r3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a hard link attack on the lockfiles.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 rc1 All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 rc2 All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 rc3 All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 rc1 All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 rc2 All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 rc3 All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 - All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 rc1 All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 rc2 All All
Application Gentoo Portage All All All All
Application Gentoo Portage 2.0.50 - All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Insecure sandbox temporary lockfile vulnerabilities in Portage GENTOO security.gentoo.org Patch
Gentoo Portage Sandbox Insecure Temporary Lockfile Creation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for Portage SECUNIA secunia.com Patch
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