CVE-2005-3785 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Second-order symlink vulnerability in eix-sync.in in Ebuild IndeX (eix) before 0.5.0_pre2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the exi.X.sync temporary file, which is processed by the diff-eix program.

Published: 2005-11-23

Score: 5.0 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_eix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2005-3780	Second-order symlink vulnerability in eix-sync.in in Ebuild IndeX (eix) before 0.5.0_pre2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the exi.X.sync temporary file, which is processed by the diff-eix program.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

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 0.00523.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112061
http://secunia.com/advisories/17699
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-19.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15541
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2539

History

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Subscriptions

Gentoo Linux Eix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-11-23T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:24:36.260Z

Reserved: 2005-11-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-3785

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-11-23T23:03:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-3785

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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