CVE-2005-2180 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

gen-index in GNATS 4.0, 4.1.0, and possibly earlier versions, when installed setuid, does not properly check files passed to the -o argument and opens the file with write access, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.

Published: 2005-07-10

Score: 2.1 Low

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:gnu:gnats:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnats:4.1.0:::::::*

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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-2005-2181	gen-index in GNATS 4.0, 4.1.0, and possibly earlier versions, when installed setuid, does not properly check files passed to the -o argument and opens the file with write access, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00068.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112066901231154&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/15963
http://www.pi3.int.pl/adv/gnats.txt

History

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Subscriptions

Gnu Gnats

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-07-10T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:15:37.673Z

Reserved: 2005-07-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-2180

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-07-11T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-2180

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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