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CVE-2005-2231

• 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: 2005-07-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

High Availability Linux Project Heartbeat 1.2.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Affected products

• High Availability Linux Project Heartbeat: 1.2.3

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/16039
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-761
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16039
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-761

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