CVE-2005-2960

Summary

CVECVE-2005-2960
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-10-05 19:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptioncfengine 1.6.5 and 2.1.16 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files used by vicf.in, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3137.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All alpha All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All amd64 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All arm All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All hppa All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All ia-32 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All ia-64 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All m68k All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All mips All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All mipsel All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All ppc All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All s-390 All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All sparc All
Application Gnu Cfengine 1.5 All All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 1.5.3-4 All All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 1.6 a10 All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 1.6 a11 All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 1.6.5 All All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 2.0.0 All All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 2.0.1 All All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 2.0.2 All All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 2.0.3 All All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 2.0.4 All All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 2.0.5 All All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 2.0.5 b1 All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 2.0.5 pre All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 2.0.5 pre2 All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 2.0.6 All All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 2.0.7 All All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 2.0.7 p1 All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 2.0.7 p2 All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 2.0.7 p3 All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 2.0.8 All All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 2.0.8 p1 All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 2.1.0 a6 All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 2.1.0 a8 All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 2.1.0 a9 All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 2.1.16 All All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 2.1.7 p1 All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 2.1.8 All All All
Application Gnu Cfengine 2.1.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian update for cfengine2 - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for cfengine af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
107871 – net-misc/cfengine: insecure temporary file use af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Vendor Advisory
usn/usn-198-1 - Ubuntu Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Secunia - Advisories - Cfengine Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Ubuntu update for cfengine - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian update for cfengine - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-835-1 cfengine af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-836-1 cfengine2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch
Secunia - Advisories - SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Google Groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
GNU CFEngine Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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