CVE-2005-3341
DHIS tools DNS package (dhis-tools-dns) before 5.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files created by (1) register-q.sh and (2) register-p.sh.
02 Description
DHIS tools DNS package (dhis-tools-dns) before 5.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files created by (1) register-q.sh and (2) register-p.sh.
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
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 29.6% 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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2005-12-27 23:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 23:10Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-10-27
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- 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
- d3d4dfe65ea3273858a140cddb687738721763b8b134e263d4372dea991e863c
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-928http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-928
- www.osvdb.org21934http://www.osvdb.org/21934
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comdhistools-temp-file-symlink(23859)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23859
- www.securityfocus.com16065http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16065
- secunia.com18228http://secunia.com/advisories/18228
- secunia.com18227http://secunia.com/advisories/18227
- www.osvdb.org21935http://www.osvdb.org/21935
07 Fixed in
Debian 11
- dhis-tools-dns Fixed in 5.0-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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