CVE-2005-1707

MEDIUM 4.6CVE-2005-1707 · Published 24/05/2005 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2005-1707 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability affecting linux webapp-config (gentoo).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.98%, higher than 62.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
linux webapp-config gentoo	`= 1.10`	No fix yet

Description

The fn_show_postinst function in Gentoo webapp-config before 1.10-r14 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the postinst.txt temporary file.

References

bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
secunia.com/advisories/15445 · Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com/id · Exploit
gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-13.xml
osvdb.org/16746
securityfocus.com/bid/13780
vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0809
zataz.net/adviso/webapp-config-05182005.txt · Exploit

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