CVE-2006-0071

Published: Jan 4, 2006Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

6.6MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

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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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAccess Vector

Local

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:CConfidentiality

Complete

I:CIntegrity

Complete

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

gentoo

oss-project·USaka gentoo linux

app-crypt pinentryLibraryLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

linuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / unix-bsd

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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References

http://secunia.com/advisories/18284

secunia.com

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-01.xml

gentoo.org

http://www.osvdb.org/22211

osvdb.org

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