CVE-2007-0476

medium

Description

The gencert.sh script, when installing OpenLDAP before 2.1.30-r10, 2.2.x before 2.2.28-r7, and 2.3.x before 2.3.30-r2 as an ebuild in Gentoo Linux, does not create temporary directories in /tmp securely during emerge, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0305

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22195

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-19.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/23881

http://osvdb.org/31617

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-01-25

Updated: 2011-03-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium