CVE-2005-2960
N/A
Published: October 5, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxCfengine
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (15)
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107871x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.cfengine.help/browse_thread/thread/fc25e7d98f8ba401/38151ed821803be0#38151ed821803be0Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17037/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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