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CVE-2004-1901

Portage before 2.0.50-r3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a hard link attack on the lockfiles.

Published

2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-59
Type: Secondary
CWE-59

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gentoo	portage	< 2.0.50	Yes
Application	gentoo	portage	2.0.50	Yes
Operating System	gentoo	linux	1.4	Yes
Operating System	gentoo	linux	1.4	Yes
Operating System	gentoo	linux	1.4	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/11305 Broken Link, Patch ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-01.xml Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10060 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15754 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/11305 Broken Link, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-01.xml Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10060 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15754 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)