CVE-2004-1901

MEDIUM

Gentoo Portage < 2.0.50 - Symlink Following

Title source: rule

Description

Portage before 2.0.50-r3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a hard link attack on the lockfiles.

References (4)

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 27.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Classification

CWE
CWE-59
Status draft

Affected Products (5)

gentoo/portage < 2.0.50
gentoo/portage
gentoo/linux
gentoo/linux
gentoo/linux

Timeline

Published Dec 31, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026