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CVE-2005-1740

Published: May 24, 2005 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
10 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1740
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

fixproc in Net-snmp 5.x before 5.2.1-r1 creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to modify the contents of those files to execute arbitrary commands, or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Net-snmpNet-snmp5.0.1 (including)5.0.1 (including)
Net-snmpNet-snmp5.0.3 (including)5.0.3 (including)
Net-snmpNet-snmp5.0.4_pre2 (including)5.0.4_pre2 (including)
Net-snmpNet-snmp5.0.5 (including)5.0.5 (including)
Net-snmpNet-snmp5.0.6 (including)5.0.6 (including)
Net-snmpNet-snmp5.0.7 (including)5.0.7 (including)
Net-snmpNet-snmp5.0.8 (including)5.0.8 (including)
Net-snmpNet-snmp5.0.9 (including)5.0.9 (including)
Net-snmpNet-snmp5.1.2 (including)5.1.2 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatnet-snmp-0:5.0.9-2.30E.19*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatnet-snmp-0:5.1.2-11.EL4.6*

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