fkie_cve-2004-1901
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2004-12-31 05:00
Modified
2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
Portage before 2.0.50-r3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a hard link attack on the lockfiles.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/11305Broken Link, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-01.xmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10060Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15754Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/11305Broken Link, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-01.xmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10060Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15754Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gentoo portage *
gentoo portage 2.0.50
gentoo linux 1.4
gentoo linux 1.4
gentoo linux 1.4


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