CVE-2005-1707

Published: May 24, 2005Modified: Apr 16, 2026

4.6

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Gentoo: Linux Webapp Config

Gentoo

1 product

Linux Webapp Config

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gentoo Linux Webapp Config	Version 1.10 r14

References (16)

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91785

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/15445

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1014027

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitPatch

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-13.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.osvdb.org/16746

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13780

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0809

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.zataz.net/adviso/webapp-config-05182005.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitVendor Advisory

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91785