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CVE-2005-0017

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The f2c translator in the f2c package 3.1 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/14041
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14052
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14067
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1013028
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-661
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-43.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12380
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14041
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14052
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14067
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1013028
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-661

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