CVE-2005-2693

cvsbug in CVS 1.12.12 and earlier creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.6 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2005-08-26

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Cvs (Cvs)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/16765
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014857
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-802
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-806
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-756.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1667
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=166366
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10835