FKIE_CVE-2005-2960
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-10-05 19:02 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:15
Severity
Summary
cfengine 1.6.5 and 2.1.16 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files used by vicf.in, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3137.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | cfengine | 1.5 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 1.5.3-4 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 1.6 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 1.6 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 1.6.5 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 2.0.0 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 2.0.1 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 2.0.2 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 2.0.3 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 2.0.4 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 2.0.5 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 2.0.5 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 2.0.5 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 2.0.5 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 2.0.6 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 2.0.7 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 2.0.7 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 2.0.7 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 2.0.7 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 2.0.8 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 2.0.8 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 2.1.0 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 2.1.0 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 2.1.0 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 2.1.7 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 2.1.8 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 2.1.9 | |
| gnu | cfengine | 2.1.16 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.1 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.1 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.1 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.1 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.1 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.1 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.1 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.1 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.1 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.1 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.1 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.1 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 3.1 |
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