PT-2005-1019 · Gnu+2 · Gcvs+2

Josh Bressers · Published 2005-08-25 · Updated 2017-10-11 · CVE-2005-2693

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 CVS version 1.12.12 and earlier gcvs (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to execute arbitrary code and overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack due to insecure creation of temporary files. Additionally, there are multiple vulnerabilities in the gcvs package that can lead to disruption of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information, which can be exploited by a local attacker.

Recommendations For CVS version 1.12.12 and earlier, update to a version that securely creates temporary files to prevent symlink attacks. For gcvs, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-02593

CVE-2005-2693

DSA-802-1

DSA-806-1

RHSA-2005:756

RHSA-2005_756

Affected Products

Cvs

Red Hat

Gcvs

References · 18

• http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-806 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-2693 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2693 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2693 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2693 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-02593 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-2693 · Vendor Advisory
• ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:20.cvsbug.asc · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-802 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-756.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=166366 · Patch
• http://debian.org/security/dsa-806 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16765 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10835 · Note
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-756.html · Note