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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 11, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2005-2180

CVE-2005-2180

Description

gen-index in GNATS 4.0, 4.1.0, and possibly earlier versions, when installed setuid, does not properly check files passed to the -o argument and opens the file with write access, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.

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Affected products

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  • GNU/Gnats2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnats:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnats:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnats:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • GNATS/GNATSllm-create
    Range: <=4.1.0

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