CVE-2005-2180

N/A Unknown
Published: July 11, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

gen-index in GNATS 4.0, 4.1.0, and possibly earlier versions, when installed setuid, does not properly check files passed to the -o argument and opens the file with write access, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112066901231154&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/15963
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.pi3.int.pl/adv/gnats.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
21th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

gnu