Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 15, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2007-6249
CVE-2007-6249
Description
etc-update in Portage before 2.1.3.11 on Gentoo Linux relies on the umask to set permissions for the merge file, often resulting in permissions weaker than those of the original files, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the merge file.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
8- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvdExploit
- sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/portagenvdExploit
- osvdb.org/42636nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/28094nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-11.xmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26864nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39035nvd
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