Vulnerability in Gentoo Linux
CVE-2006-1390
The configuration of NetHack 3.4.3-r1 and earlier, Falcon's Eye 1.9.4a and earlier, and Slash'EM 0.0.760 and earlier on Gentoo Linux allows local users in the games group to modify saved games files to execute arbitrary code via buffer overflows and overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks.
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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: 0.007 (52.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 52.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Gentoo Linux — versions 0.5, 0.7, 1.1a
References
- secunia.com/advisories/19376 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-23.xml (vendor-advisory, Patch)
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit)
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428739/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25528 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428743/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit)
- www.osvdb.org/24104 (vdb-entry)