CVE-2006-0071

N/A
Published: January 4, 2006 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:19 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorLinuxApp Crypt Pinentry

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (4)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/18284
VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.osvdb.org/22211

CVSS

Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
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