CVE-2005-1707 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The fn_show_postinst function in Gentoo webapp-config before 1.10-r14 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the postinst.txt temporary file.

Published: 2005-05-24

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:linux_webapp-config:1.10:r14:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-1709	The fn_show_postinst function in Gentoo webapp-config before 1.10-r14 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the postinst.txt temporary file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

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 0.00228.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91785
http://secunia.com/advisories/15445
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014027
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-13.xml
http://www.osvdb.org/16746
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13780
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0809
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/webapp-config-05182005.txt

History

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Subscriptions

Gentoo Linux Webapp-config

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-05-24T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:59:24.037Z

Reserved: 2005-05-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-1707

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-24T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-1707

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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