Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability in gen-index in GNATS 4.0, 4.1.0, and Earlier Versions

CVE-2005-2180 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

gen-index in GNATS 4.0, 4.1.0, and possibly earlier versions, when installed setuid, does not properly check files passed to the -o argument and opens the file with write access, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.

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