CVE-2007-0476 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The gencert.sh script, when installing OpenLDAP before 2.1.30-r10, 2.2.x before 2.2.28-r7, and 2.3.x before 2.3.30-r2 as an ebuild in Gentoo Linux, does not create temporary directories in /tmp securely during emerge, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Published: 2007-01-25

Score: 4.6 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

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:2.1.30:r9::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:2.2.28:r7::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:2.3.30:r2::::::

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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-2007-0474	The gencert.sh script, when installing OpenLDAP before 2.1.30-r10, 2.2.x before 2.2.28-r7, and 2.3.x before 2.3.30-r2 as an ebuild in Gentoo Linux, does not create temporary directories in /tmp securely during emerge, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

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 0.00068.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/31617
http://secunia.com/advisories/23881
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-19.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22195
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0305

History

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Subscriptions

Gentoo Linux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-01-25T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T12:19:30.156Z

Reserved: 2007-01-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-0476

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-01-25T00:28:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-0476

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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