VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2004-1901
Portage before 2.0.50-r3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a hard link attack on the lockfiles.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.37%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Portage before 2.0.50-r3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a hard link attack on the lockfiles.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.37% probability · 30th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- gentoo/portage · gentoo/linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11305Broken Link, Patch
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-01.xmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10060Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15754Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11305Broken Link, Patch
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-01.xmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10060Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15754Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.