CVE-2007-6249

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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/portage?rev=7799&view=rev
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28094
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39035
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26864
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193589
• http://osvdb.org/42636
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019097
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-11.xml

References

• http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/portage?rev=7799&view=rev
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28094
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39035
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26864
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193589
• http://osvdb.org/42636
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019097
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-11.xml

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