CVEvulnerability

CVE-2004-1901

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2004-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2004-12-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-59

Description

Portage before 2.0.50-r3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a hard link attack on the lockfiles.

Affected configurations

• gentoo portage (< 2.0.50) • gentoo portage 2.0.50 • gentoo linux 1.4

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (2)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
  • CWE-62 UNIX Hard Link weakness

References