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CVE-2006-0071

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.

Published

2006-01-04T00:03:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

9.2

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gentoo	app-crypt_pinentry	0.7.2	Yes
Application	gentoo	app-crypt_pinentry	0.7.2	Yes
Operating System	gentoo	linux	*	Yes

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/18284 ([email protected])
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-01.xml Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/22211 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16120 Patch ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/18284 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-01.xml Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/22211 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16120 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)