CVE-2004-1901 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Portage before 2.0.50-r3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a hard link attack on the lockfiles.

Published: 2005-05-10

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:portage::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:portage:2.0.50:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:rc2::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.001.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/11305
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-01.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10060
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15754

History

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Gentoo Linux Portage

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-05-10T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-16T18:09:40.758Z

Reserved: 2005-05-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-1901

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:07:49.064Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-1901

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-59

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