CVE-2007-0476
N/A
Published: January 25, 2007 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:35 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
The gencert.sh script, when installing OpenLDAP before 2.1.30-r10, 2.2.x before 2.2.28-r7, and 2.3.x before 2.3.30-r2 as an ebuild in Gentoo Linux, does not create temporary directories in /tmp securely during emerge, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23881Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-19.xmlVDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0305Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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