CVE-2005-1707

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-1707
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-24 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gentoo Linux Webapp-config 1.10 r14 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo webapp-config Insecure Temporary File Creation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Webapp-Config Insecure File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
www.osvdb.org/16746 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Gentoo Bug 91785 - net-www/webapp-config insecure temporary file creation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
Gentoo webapp-config Unsafe Temporary File Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Exploit, Patch
ZATAZ » Page non trouvée af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.zataz.net Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- webapp-config: Insecure temporary file handling af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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