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CVE-2006-0071

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Description

The ebuild for pinentry before 0.7.2-r2 on Gentoo Linux sets setgid bits for pinentry programs, which allows local users to read or overwrite arbitrary files as gid 0.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2006-0079

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16120

http://www.osvdb.org/22211

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-01.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/18284

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-01-04

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.6

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00053

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