CVE-2005-2180

gen-index in GNATS 4.0, 4.1.0, and possibly earlier versions, when installed setuid, does not properly check files passed to the -o argument and opens the file with write access, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnats:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnats:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

20 Nov 2024, 23:58

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112066901231154&w=2 - () http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112066901231154&w=2 -
References () http://secunia.com/advisories/15963 - () http://secunia.com/advisories/15963 -
References () http://www.pi3.int.pl/adv/gnats.txt - () http://www.pi3.int.pl/adv/gnats.txt -

Information

Published : 2005-07-11 04:00

Updated : 2024-11-20 23:58


NVD link : CVE-2005-2180

Mitre link : CVE-2005-2180

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2005-2180


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Products Affected

gnu

  • gnats