CVE-2007-6249 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Gentoo	Linux Portage

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:portage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193589
http://osvdb.org/42636
http://secunia.com/advisories/28094
http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/portage?rev=7799&view=rev
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

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-12-15T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:02:36.433Z

Reserved: 2007-12-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-6249

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-12-15T01:46:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:39:42.557

Link: CVE-2007-6249

Redhat

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