Description
The ebuild for pinentry before 0.7.2-r2 on Gentoo Linux sets setgid bits for pinentry programs, which allows local users to read or overwrite arbitrary files as gid 0.
Published: 2006-01-04
Score: 6.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-0079 The ebuild for pinentry before 0.7.2-r2 on Gentoo Linux sets setgid bits for pinentry programs, which allows local users to read or overwrite arbitrary files as gid 0.
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Gentoo App-crypt Pinentry Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:18:20.703Z

Reserved: 2006-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-0071

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Status : Modified

Published: 2006-01-04T00:03:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-0071

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