CVE-2007-6249

Summary

CVECVE-2007-6249
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-12-15 01:46:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-08 01:29:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Gentoo Linux All All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux All All All All
Application Gentoo Portage All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/portage CONFIRM sources.gentoo.org Exploit
Gentoo Portage May Disclose Information to Local Users - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Portage 'etc-update' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo Portage "etc-update" Information Disclosure - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
42636 OSVDB osvdb.org
Gentoo Bug 193589 - sys-apps/portage < 2.1.3.11 File disclosure when when merging with etc-update (CVE-2007-6249) CONFIRM bugs.gentoo.org Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Portage: Information disclosure GENTOO www.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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