CVE-2005-3137

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-3137
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-10-05 19:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe (1) cfmailfilter and (2) cfcron.in files for cfengine 1.6.5 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2960.

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
Application Gnu Cfengine 1.6.5 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
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
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, Vendor Advisory
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, Vendor Advisory
Google Groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com
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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