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CVE-2005-4772

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

liby2util in Yet another Setup Tool (YaST) in SUSE Linux before 20051007 preserves permissions and ownerships when copying a remote repository, which might allow local users to read or modify sensitive files, possibly giving local users the ability to exploit CVE-2005-3013.

Affected products

• Suse Linux: 1.0, 8, 8.0, 8.2, 9.0, 9.1 (+3)
• Suse Linux Openexchange Server: 4.0
• Suse Linux School Server: gold
• Suse Linux Standard Server: 8.0
• Suse Sled Beagle: 10.0

References

• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_22_sr.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15026
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_22_sr.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15026

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