PT-2004-2126 · Gentoo · Mirrorselect

Published 2004-12-10 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-1167

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: mirrorselect versions prior to 0.89

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack because it creates temporary files in a world-writable location with predictable file names.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 0.89, update to version 0.89 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to world-writable locations to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-1167

Affected Products

Mirrorselect

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1167 · Security Note
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200412-05.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18382 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/13392 · Note