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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2004· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2004-1901

CVE-2004-1901

Description

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

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Affected products

5

File Project/Portage2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:portage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:portage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <2.0.50
- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:portage:2.0.50:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
File Project/Linux3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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References

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secunia.com/advisories/11305nvdBroken LinkPatch
www.securityfocus.com/bid/10060nvdBroken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-01.xmlnvdVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15754nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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