CVEvulnerability
CVE-2007-5839
4.6 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2007-11-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
The e_hostname function in commands.c in BitchX 1.1a allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files when using the (1) HOSTNAME or (2) IRCHOST command.
Affected configurations
• bitchx bitchx 1.1a
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=449149 bugs.debian.org
- http://osvdb.org/42061 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27463 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31180 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34870 secunia.com
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-12.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.285737 slackware.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26326 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3714 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38262 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=449149 bugs.debian.org
- http://osvdb.org/42061 osvdb.org
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27463 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31180 secunia.com
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34870 secunia.com
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-12.xml security.gentoo.org
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.285737 slackware.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26326 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3714 www.vupen.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38262 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com