PT-2005-4141 · Mgdiff · Mgdiff

Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña · Published 2005-10-27 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2005-3331

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions mgdiff version 1.0

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files created by the viewpatch in mgdiff.

Recommendations For mgdiff version 1.0, consider restricting access to the viewpatch functionality until a fix is available, and avoid using it to process untrusted input.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-3331

Affected Products

Mgdiff

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3331 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-3331 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-3331 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17299 · Vendor Advisory
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=335188 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3331 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/15180 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22846 · Note