PT-2004-2799 · Gentoo · Portage

Published 2004-12-31 · Updated 2025-01-16 · CVE-2004-1901

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Portage versions prior to 2.0.50-r3

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a hard link attack on the lockfiles. This is a result of a hard link attack vulnerability in the lockfiles of Portage.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.0.50-r3, update to version 2.0.50-r3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the lockfiles to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-1901

Affected Products

Portage

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1901 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/10060 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11305 · Patch
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-01.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/68867 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/107659 · Telegram Post
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15754 · Note