CVE-2005-3137

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: 2005-10-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The (1) cfmailfilter and (2) cfcron.in files for cfengine 1.6.5 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2960.

Affected products

GNU Cfengine: 1.6.5

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107871
http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.cfengine.help/browse_thread/thread/fc25e7d98f8ba401/38151ed821803be0#38151ed821803be0
http://secunia.com/advisories/17037/
http://secunia.com/advisories/17038
http://secunia.com/advisories/17040
http://secunia.com/advisories/17142
http://secunia.com/advisories/17182
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-835
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-836
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:184
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14994
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-198-1

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