Vulnerability Details CVE-2007-6249
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 22.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 2.1
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193589
- http://osvdb.org/42636
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28094
- http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/portage?rev=7799&view=rev
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-11.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26864
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019097
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39035
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193589
- http://osvdb.org/42636
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28094
- http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/portage?rev=7799&view=rev
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-11.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26864
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019097
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39035
Products affected by CVE-2007-6249
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cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:portage:-
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cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:portage:2.0.50
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cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:portage:2.0.51.22
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cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:portage:2.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:portage:2.1.3.10
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cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:-
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cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.2
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cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4
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cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:2.1.30
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cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:2.2.28
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cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:2.3.30