FKIE_CVE-2005-3137

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-10-05 19:02 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:16
Severity
Summary
The (1) cfmailfilter and (2) cfcron.in files for cfengine 1.6.5 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2960.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107871
cve@mitre.orghttp://groups.google.com/group/gnu.cfengine.help/browse_thread/thread/fc25e7d98f8ba401/38151ed821803be0#38151ed821803be0
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/17037/Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/17038
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/17040
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/17142
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/17182
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-835Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-836Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:184
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14994
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-198-1
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22489
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107871
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.cfengine.help/browse_thread/thread/fc25e7d98f8ba401/38151ed821803be0#38151ed821803be0
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17037/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17038
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17040
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17142
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17182
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-835Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-836Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:184
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14994
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-198-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22489
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnu cfengine 1.6.5

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