Vulnerability in Gentoo Linux
CVE-2007-0476
The gencert.sh script, when installing OpenLDAP before 2.1.30-r10, 2.2.x before 2.2.28-r7, and 2.3.x before 2.3.30-r2 as an ebuild in Gentoo Linux, does not create temporary directories in /tmp securely during emerge, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
EPSS: 0.003 (27.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Gentoo Linux — versions 2.1.30, 2.2.28, 2.3.30
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)