FKIE_CVE-2007-6249

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-12-15 01:46 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
etc-update in Portage before 2.1.3.11 on Gentoo Linux relies on the umask to set permissions for the merge file, often resulting in permissions weaker than those of the original files, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the merge file.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193589Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/42636
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/28094
cve@mitre.orghttp://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/portage?rev=7799&view=revExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-11.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26864
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019097
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39035
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193589Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/42636
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/28094
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/portage?rev=7799&view=revExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-11.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26864
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019097
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39035
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gentoo linux *
gentoo portage *
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  "lastModified": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490",
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