Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 23, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2005-3785
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
5- 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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