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Medium
CVE-2006-0071
The ebuild for pinentry before 0.7.2-r2 on Gentoo Linux sets...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Affected Vendor
gentoo
View all reports →Affected Software
app-crypt pinentry, linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0.7.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 4th, 2006
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.