CVE-2005-1751

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-1751
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-25 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionRace condition in shtool 2.0.1 and earlier allows local users to create or modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .shtool.$$ temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1759.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.7 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Shtool Shtool All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for shtool/ocaml-mysql af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
ZATAZ » Page non trouvée af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.zataz.net Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Bug 93782 - dev-util/shtool <= 2.0.1 insecure temporary file creation (CAN-2005-175{1-9}) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GNU shtool, ocaml-mysql: Insecure temporary file creation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - shtool Temporary File May Let Local users gain Elevated Privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
'[OpenPKG-SA-2005.011] OpenPKG Security Advisory (shtool)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
GNU SHTool Insecure Temporary File Deletion Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
GNU shtool Insecure Temporary File Creation - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-789-1 php4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2006-09-19Mark J CoxRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=158995 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

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