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CVE-2005-2960 Details

Description

cfengine 1.6.5 and 2.1.16 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files used by vicf.in, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3137.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107871	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.cfengine.help/browse_thread/thread/fc25e7d98f8ba401/38151ed821803be0#38151ed821803be0	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17037/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17038	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17040	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17142	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17182	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17215	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22489	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-835	CVE	Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-836	CVE	Patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:184	CVE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14994	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-198-1	CVE
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107871	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.cfengine.help/browse_thread/thread/fc25e7d98f8ba401/38151ed821803be0#38151ed821803be0	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17037/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17038	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17040	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17142	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17182	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/17215	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22489	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-835	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-836	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:184	[email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14994	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-198-1	[email protected]

see all 30 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
gnu cfengine	1.5 1.5.3-4 1.6 a10 1.6 a11 1.6.5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:1.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:1.5.3-4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:1.6:a10:::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:1.6:a11:::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:1.6.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.0.5:b1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.0.5:pre:::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.0.5:pre2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.0.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.0.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.0.7:p1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.0.7:p2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.0.7:p3:::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.0.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.0.8:p1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.1.0:a6:::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.1.0:a8:::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.1.0:a9:::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.1.7:p1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.1.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.1.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.1.16:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	3.1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::alpha::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::amd64::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::arm::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::hppa::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::ia-32::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::ia-64::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::m68k::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::mips::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::mipsel::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::ppc::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::s-390::::: cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1::sparc::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 7, 2005	Initial Analysis	[email protected]