CVE-2005-3785

Published: Nov 23, 2005Modified: Apr 16, 2026

5.0

Vector

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

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

Second-order symlink vulnerability in eix-sync.in in Ebuild IndeX (eix) before 0.5.0_pre2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the exi.X.sync temporary file, which is processed by the diff-eix program.

Affected (1)

Products: Gentoo: Linux Eix

Gentoo

1 product

Linux Eix

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gentoo Linux Eix	Up to 0.3

References (10)

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112061

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/17699

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-19.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

PatchVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15541

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2539

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112061