CVE-2005-1759

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-1759
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-06-28 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionRace condition in shtool 2.0.1 and earlier allows local users to modify or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files after they have been created, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1751.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.2 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

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
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for shtool/ocaml-mysql af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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 Patch
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GNU shtool, ocaml-mysql: Insecure temporary file creation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
'[OpenPKG-SA-2005.011] OpenPKG Security Advisory (shtool)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
GNU SHTool Insecure Temporary File Deletion Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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