CVE-2005-3137

N/A Unknown

Published: October 05, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026

Description

The (1) cfmailfilter and (2) cfcron.in files for cfengine 1.6.5 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2960.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107871

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.cfengine.help/browse_thread/thread/fc25e7d98f8ba401/38151ed821803be0#38151ed821803be0

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/17037/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/17038

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/17040

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/17142

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/17182

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-835

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-836

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:184

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14994

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-198-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22489

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107871