Description
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.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 2.1/10
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107871Vendor Advisory
- http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.cfengine.help/browse_thread/thread/fc25e7d98f8ba401/38151ed821803be0#38151ed821803be0Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17037/Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17038
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17040
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17142
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17182
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17215
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-835Patch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-836Patch
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:184
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14994
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-198-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22489
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107871Vendor Advisory
- http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.cfengine.help/browse_thread/thread/fc25e7d98f8ba401/38151ed821803be0#38151ed821803be0Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17037/Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17038
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17040
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17142
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17182
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17215
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-835Patch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-836Patch
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:184
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14994
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-198-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22489
Timeline
- Published
- Oct 5, 2005
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified