Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 4, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-0071
CVE-2006-0071
Description
The ebuild for pinentry before 0.7.2-r2 on Gentoo Linux sets setgid bits for pinentry programs, which allows local users to read or overwrite arbitrary files as gid 0.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:app-crypt_pinentry:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:app-crypt_pinentry:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:app-crypt_pinentry:0.7.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: <0.7.2-r2
Patches
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References
4- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-01.xmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16120nvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/18284nvd
- www.osvdb.org/22211nvd
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