CVE-2007-6249
etc-update in Portage before 2.1.3.11 on Gentoo Linux relies on the umask to set permissions for the merge file, often resulting in permissions weaker than those of the original files, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
etc-update in Portage before 2.1.3.11 on Gentoo Linux relies on the umask to set permissions for the merge file, often resulting in permissions weaker than those of the original files, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the merge file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.43% probability · 37th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- gentoo/portage
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193589Exploit
- http://osvdb.org/42636
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28094
- http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/portage?rev=7799&view=revExploit
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-11.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26864
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019097
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39035
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193589Exploit
- http://osvdb.org/42636
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28094
- http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/portage?rev=7799&view=revExploit
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-11.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26864
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019097
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39035
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.