Vulnerability in Cvsup
CVE-2004-2133
Certain third-party packages for CVSup 16.1h, such as SuSE Linux, contain untrusted paths in the ELF RPATH fields of certain executables, which could allow local users to execute arbitrary code by causing cvsup to link against malicious libraries that are created in world-writable directories such as /usr/src/packages.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (48.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 48.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Cvsup — versions cvsup-16.1h-2.i386.rpm, cvsup-16.1h-36.i586.rpm, cvsup-16.1h-43.i586.rpm
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14994 (vdb-entry)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2004-q1/0025.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/9523 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)