CVE-2005-1751

N/A Unknown

Published: May 25, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

Race condition in shtool 2.0.1 and earlier allows local users to create or modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .shtool.$$ temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1759.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93782

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111955937622637&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/15496

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/15668

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://securitytracker.com/id?1014059

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-789

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-08.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-564.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13767

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.zataz.net/adviso/shtool-05252005.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A345

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9639

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93782