CVE-2005-4443

high

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.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2005-4438

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15120

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-07.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/18040/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-12-21

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H