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FKIE_CVE-2005-2693

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-08-26 15:50 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:15
Severity
Summary
cvsbug in CVS 1.12.12 and earlier creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack.
References
secalert@redhat.comftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:20.cvsbug.asc
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/16765
secalert@redhat.comhttp://securitytracker.com/id?1014857
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-802
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-806
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-756.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1667
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=166366Patch
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10835
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:20.cvsbug.asc
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/16765
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1014857
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-802
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-806
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-756.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1667
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=166366Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10835
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
cvs cvs 1.12.12

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