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CVE-2006-2221 (GCVE-0-2006-2221)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-05-05 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 17:43
VLAI
Summary
A third-party installer generation tool, possibly BitRock InstallBuilder, as used in products including Process-one ejabberd 1.1.1_1 and earlier, generates an installer that allows local users to cause a denial of service via a symlink attack on the bitrock_installer.log temporary file. NOTE: it is possible that this vulnerability is present in other products that use this installer.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17804 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/19954 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432719/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/432870/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/19928 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1642 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1659 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.osvdb.org/25215 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Date Public
2006-05-02 00:00
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