CVE-2007-5495

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-5495
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-05-23 15:32:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionsealert in setroubleshoot 2.0.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the sealert.log temporary file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 All client All
Application Selinux Setroubleshoot 2.0.5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
288221 – (CVE-2007-5495) CVE-2007-5495 setroubleshoot insecure logging af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Red Hat update for setroubleshoot - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
504 Gateway Time-out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch
SecurityTracker.com Archives - SETroubleShoot Lets Local Users Overwrite Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
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