CVE-2007-6249

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-6249
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-12-15 01:46:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionetc-update in Portage before 2.1.3.11 on Gentoo Linux relies on the umask to set permissions for the merge file, often resulting in permissions weaker than those of the original files, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the merge file.

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: CWE-200 | 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 Gentoo Linux All All All All
Application Gentoo Portage All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Bug 193589 - sys-apps/portage < 2.1.3.11 File disclosure when when merging with etc-update (CVE-2007-6249) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Exploit
Gentoo Portage May Disclose Information to Local Users - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Portage 'etc-update' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Portage: Information disclosure af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
osvdb.org/42636 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Gentoo Portage "etc-update" Information Disclosure - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/portage af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sources.gentoo.org Exploit
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