CVE-2007-6249
N/A
Published: December 15, 2007 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:47 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorPortageLinux
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
etc-update in Portage before 2.1.3.11 on Gentoo Linux relies on the umask to set permissions for the merge file, often resulting in permissions weaker than those of the original files, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the merge file.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (8)
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/portage?rev=7799&view=revVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-11.xmlVDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39035Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200
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