CVE-2010-2449
Gource through 0.26 logs to a predictable file name (/tmp/gource-$UID.tmp), enabling attackers to overwrite an arbitrary file via a symlink attack.
02 Description
Gource through 0.26 logs to a predictable file name (/tmp/gource-$UID.tmp), enabling attackers to overwrite an arbitrary file 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
- 1.70% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 76.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- 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
- 2019-11-07 19:46Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 02:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-06-24
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1bfb2328426bd3df6c53b08dc76a2ce6f2f8ab2bfdac0342322c170515548f56
05 Affected products
06 References
- security-tracker.debian.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2449
- www.securityfocus.com39529https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39529/info
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=577958
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- gource Fixed in 0.26-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- gource Fixed in 0.26-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- gource Fixed in 0.26-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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