VDB-25711 · CVE-2005-2180 · SA15963

gnats 4.0/4.1.0 unknown vulnerability

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A vulnerability was found in gnats 4.0/4.1.0. It has been declared as problematic. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was released 07/11/2005 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-2180 since 07/10/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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CPE 2.3info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
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Class: Unknown
CWE: Unknown
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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07/07/2005 🔍
07/10/2005 +3 days 🔍
07/11/2005 +1 days 🔍
07/11/2005 +0 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3530 days 🔍
07/10/2018 +1217 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-2180 (🔍)
Secunia: 15963 - GNATS Arbitrary File Overwrite Security Issue, Less Critical

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 07/10/2018 08:46
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (40), 07/10/2018 08:46 (7)
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Cache ID: 52:241:103

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