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CVE-2005-4443

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2005-12-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Gauche before 0.8.6-r1 on Gentoo Linux allows local users in the portage group to gain privileges via a malicious shared object in the Portage temporary build directory, which is part of the RUNPATH.

Affected products

• Gauche: 0.8, 0.8.1, 0.8.2, 0.8.3, 0.8.4, 0.8.5

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/18040/
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-07.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15120
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18040/
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-07.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15120

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