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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2005-2672

Published: Aug 23, 2005 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2672
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

pwmconfig in LM_sensors before 2.9.1 creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the fancontrol temporary file.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.0.0 (including)2.0.0 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.0.1 (including)2.0.1 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.0.2 (including)2.0.2 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.1.0 (including)2.1.0 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.1.1 (including)2.1.1 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.1.2 (including)2.1.2 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.2.0 (including)2.2.0 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.2.1 (including)2.2.1 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.2.2 (including)2.2.2 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.3.0 (including)2.3.0 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.3.1 (including)2.3.1 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.3.2 (including)2.3.2 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.3.3 (including)2.3.3 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.3.4 (including)2.3.4 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.4.0 (including)2.4.0 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.4.4 (including)2.4.4 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.4.5 (including)2.4.5 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.5.0 (including)2.5.0 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.5.1 (including)2.5.1 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.5.2 (including)2.5.2 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.5.3 (including)2.5.3 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.5.4 (including)2.5.4 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.5.5 (including)2.5.5 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.6.0 (including)2.6.0 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.6.1 (including)2.6.1 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.6.2 (including)2.6.2 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.6.3 (including)2.6.3 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.6.4 (including)2.6.4 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.6.5 (including)2.6.5 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.7.0 (including)2.7.0 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.8.0 (including)2.8.0 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.8.1 (including)2.8.1 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.8.2 (including)2.8.2 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.8.3 (including)2.8.3 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.8.4 (including)2.8.4 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.8.5 (including)2.8.5 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.8.6 (including)2.8.6 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.8.7 (including)2.8.7 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.8.8 (including)2.8.8 (including)
Lm_sensorsLm_sensors2.9.0 (including)2.9.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatlm_sensors-0:2.8.7-2.40.3*
Lm-sensorsUbuntudapper*

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