CVE-2005-2180 | BDVDB-2026-11302 Detail

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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.

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1. Version 12005-07-10Record published in the CVE List.
2. Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.