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CVE-2005-2960

cfengine 1.6.5 and 2.1.16 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files used by vicf.in, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3137.

Published

2005-10-05T19:02:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	cfengine	1.5	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	1.5.3-4	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	1.6	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	1.6	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	1.6.5	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	2.0.0	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	2.0.1	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	2.0.2	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	2.0.3	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	2.0.4	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	2.0.5	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	2.0.5	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	2.0.5	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	2.0.5	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	2.0.6	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	2.0.7	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	2.0.7	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	2.0.7	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	2.0.7	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	2.0.8	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	2.0.8	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	2.1.0	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	2.1.0	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	2.1.0	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	2.1.7	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	2.1.8	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	2.1.9	Yes
Application	gnu	cfengine	2.1.16	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	3.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	3.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	3.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	3.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	3.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	3.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	3.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	3.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	3.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	3.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	3.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	3.1	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	3.1	Yes

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107871 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.cfengine.help/browse_thread/thread/fc25e7d98f8ba401/38151ed821803be0#38151ed821803be0 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17037/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17038 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17040 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17142 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17182 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17215 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-835 Patch ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-836 Patch ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:184 ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14994 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-198-1 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22489 ([email protected])
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107871 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.cfengine.help/browse_thread/thread/fc25e7d98f8ba401/38151ed821803be0#38151ed821803be0 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17037/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17038 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17040 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17142 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17182 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17215 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-835 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-836 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:184 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14994 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-198-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22489 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)