CVE-2005-3785
N/A
Published: November 23, 2005 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Eix
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
Second-order symlink vulnerability in eix-sync.in in Ebuild IndeX (eix) before 0.5.0_pre2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the exi.X.sync temporary file, which is processed by the diff-eix program.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17699Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-19.xmlVDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2539Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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