CVE-2005-2180
First published: Sun Jul 10 2005(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| GNU GNATS | =4.0 | |
| GNU GNATS | =4.1.0 |
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