CVE-2005-2960

Summary

CVECVE-2005-2960
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-10-05 19:02:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-11 01:33:00 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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

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
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
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

References

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