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CVE-2005-0159

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 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: 2005-04-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The tpkg-* scripts in the toolchain-source 3.0.4 package on Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 3.0
• Debian Toolchain-Source: 3.0.3-1, 3.0.3-2, 3.0.3-3, 3.0.4

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/14277
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-679
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12540
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19317
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14277
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-679
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12540
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19317

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