CVE-2005-3785

N/A Unknown
Published: November 23, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

Second-order symlink vulnerability in eix-sync.in in Ebuild IndeX (eix) before 0.5.0_pre2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the exi.X.sync temporary file, which is processed by the diff-eix program.

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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=112061
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/17699
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-19.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15541
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2539
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112061
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/17699
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-19.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15541
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2539
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.5%
67th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

gentoo