CVE-2007-6249: Gentoo Portage vulnerability
Gentoo · Portage
Fixed in 2.1.3.11 · Affected: Gentoo Portage before 2.1.3.11 · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 38% of scored CVEs
Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.
DescriptionCVE.org
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.
On the Atlas
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- Gentoo
- Published
- December 2007
CoverageNo articles yet
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References
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CVE recordcve.org
- Weakness CWE-200cwe.mitre.org
- Vendor advisorygentoo.org
- sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/portage?rev=7799&view=revsources.gentoo.org
- Third-party advisorysecunia.com
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39035exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- securityfocus.com/bid/26864securityfocus.com
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193589bugs.gentoo.org
- osvdb.org/42636osvdb.org
- securitytracker.com/id?1019097securitytracker.com