CVE-2007-6249 | BDVDB-2026-28196 Detail
Description#
etc-update in Portage before 2.1.3.11 on Gentoo Linux relies on the umask to set permissions for the merge file, often resulting in permissions weaker than those of the original files, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the merge file.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/portage?rev=7799&view=rev
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28094
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39035
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26864
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193589
- http://osvdb.org/42636
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019097
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-11.xml
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.