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CVE-2005-2960

Published: Oct 05, 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-2005-2960
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

cfengine 1.6.5 and 2.1.16 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files used by vicf.in, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3137.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
CfengineGnu1.5 (including)1.5 (including)
CfengineGnu1.5.3-4 (including)1.5.3-4 (including)
CfengineGnu1.6-a10 (including)1.6-a10 (including)
CfengineGnu1.6-a11 (including)1.6-a11 (including)
CfengineGnu1.6.5 (including)1.6.5 (including)
CfengineGnu2.0.0 (including)2.0.0 (including)
CfengineGnu2.0.1 (including)2.0.1 (including)
CfengineGnu2.0.2 (including)2.0.2 (including)
CfengineGnu2.0.3 (including)2.0.3 (including)
CfengineGnu2.0.4 (including)2.0.4 (including)
CfengineGnu2.0.5 (including)2.0.5 (including)
CfengineGnu2.0.5-b1 (including)2.0.5-b1 (including)
CfengineGnu2.0.5-pre (including)2.0.5-pre (including)
CfengineGnu2.0.5-pre2 (including)2.0.5-pre2 (including)
CfengineGnu2.0.6 (including)2.0.6 (including)
CfengineGnu2.0.7 (including)2.0.7 (including)
CfengineGnu2.0.7-p1 (including)2.0.7-p1 (including)
CfengineGnu2.0.7-p2 (including)2.0.7-p2 (including)
CfengineGnu2.0.7-p3 (including)2.0.7-p3 (including)
CfengineGnu2.0.8 (including)2.0.8 (including)
CfengineGnu2.0.8-p1 (including)2.0.8-p1 (including)
CfengineGnu2.1.0-a6 (including)2.1.0-a6 (including)
CfengineGnu2.1.0-a8 (including)2.1.0-a8 (including)
CfengineGnu2.1.0-a9 (including)2.1.0-a9 (including)
CfengineGnu2.1.7-p1 (including)2.1.7-p1 (including)
CfengineGnu2.1.8 (including)2.1.8 (including)
CfengineGnu2.1.9 (including)2.1.9 (including)
CfengineGnu2.1.16 (including)2.1.16 (including)
CfengineUbuntudapper*
CfengineUbuntuedgy*

References

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