Vulnerability in Gentoo Mirrorselect
CVE-2004-1167
mirrorselect before 0.89 creates temporary files in a world-writable location with predictable file names, which allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
EPSS: 0.021 (79.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Gentoo Mirrorselect — versions 0.80, 0.81, 0.82
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, x_refsource_GENTOO, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)