CVE-2005-2693
cvsbug in CVS 1.12.12 and earlier creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack.
02 Description
cvsbug in CVS 1.12.12 and earlier creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 38.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-08-25 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-08-25
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1694d10583c33b8a4f8a446dca86bb1f2280ad4ac0505a23c679363a7ab98d00
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2005-1667http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1667
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=166366
- ftp.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-05:20ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:20.cvsbug.asc
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2005:756http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-756.html
- secunia.com16765http://secunia.com/advisories/16765
- securitytracker.com1014857http://securitytracker.com/id?1014857
- www.debian.orgDSA-802http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-802
- www.debian.orgDSA-806http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-806
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10835https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10835
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cvs Fixed in 1:1.11.5-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cvs Fixed in 1:1.11.5-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cvs Fixed in 1:1.11.5-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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