CVE-2005-2104 (GCVE-0-2005-2104)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-10-07 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 22:15
VLAI
Summary
sysreport before 1.3.7 allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on a temporary directory.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.osvdb.org/18682 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/17539 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-li… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014653 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15379 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-598.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-li… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Date Public
2005-08-09 00:00
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