CVE-2006-0071

Severity

65%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

153%

The ebuild for pinentry before 0.7.2-r2 on Gentoo Linux sets setgid bits for pinentry programs, which allows local users to read or overwrite arbitrary files as gid 0.

The ebuild for pinentry before 0.7.2-r2 on Gentoo Linux sets setgid bits for pinentry programs, which allows local users to read or overwrite arbitrary files as gid 0.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:N).

Overview

Type

Gentoo

First reported 19 years ago

2006-01-04 00:03:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 20:58:00

Affected Software

Gentoo app-crypt_pinentry 0.7.2

0.7.2

Gentoo app-crypt_pinentry 0.7.2 r1

0.7.2

Gentoo Linux

References

18284

GLSA-200601-01

Patch, Vendor Advisory

22211

16120

Patch

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