Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 23, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2005-3785

Description

Second-order symlink vulnerability in eix-sync.in in Ebuild IndeX (eix) before 0.5.0_pre2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the exi.X.sync temporary file, which is processed by the diff-eix program.

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Affected products

File Project/Linux Eix
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:linux_eix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=0.3
File Project/eixllm-create
Range: <0.5.0_pre2

Patches

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References

www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-19.xmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/17699nvdVendor Advisory
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/15541nvd
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2539nvd

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