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Status published
Medium
CVE-2005-1707
The fn_show_postinst function in Gentoo webapp-config before 1.10-r14 allows local...
Vulnerability Description
The fn_show_postinst function in Gentoo webapp-config before 1.10-r14 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the postinst.txt temporary file.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0809
- http://www.zataz.net/adviso/webapp-config-05182005.txt
- http://www.osvdb.org/16746
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014027
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91785
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15445
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13780
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-13.xml
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
linux webapp-config
Vulnerable Versions:
1.10
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 24th, 2005
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.