ISOMAN

CVE

CVE-2007-6249

etc-update in Portage before 2.1.3.11 on Gentoo Linux relies on the umask to set permissions for the merge file, often resulting in permissions weaker than those of the original files, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the merge file.

Severity
LOW
CVSS
2.1
Published
Modified

Linked Releases

DistributionReleaseStatusEvidence
Gentoo2026.05.31 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.05.10 amd64 liveguiunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.07 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.05.05 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.11 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.11 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.05.27 ppc64le minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.05.27 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.05.27 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.13 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.13 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.14 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.16 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.17 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.17 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.21 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.23 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.25 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.25 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.05 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.05 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.07 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.09 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.09 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.08 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.08 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.12 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.12 amd64 liveguiunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.12 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.14 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.15 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.15 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.16 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.16 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.19 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.21 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.23 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.23 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.22 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.22 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.26 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.28 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.29 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.29 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.30 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.30 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.02 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.04 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.06 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.06 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.09 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.11 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.11 amd64 liveguiunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.11 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.13 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.13 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.05 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.05 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.16 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.16 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.18 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.20 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.20 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.19 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.19 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.23 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.23 amd64 liveguiunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.23 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.25 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.26 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.26 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.27 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.27 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.30 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.30 amd64 liveguiunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.30 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.30 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.01 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.03 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.03 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.06 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.06 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.06 amd64 liveguiunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.08 x86 minimal installunknownsource

References

  1. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193589
  2. http://osvdb.org/42636
  3. http://secunia.com/advisories/28094
  4. http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/portage?rev=7799&view=rev
  5. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-11.xml
  6. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26864
  7. http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019097
  8. https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39035
  9. http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193589
  10. http://osvdb.org/42636
  11. http://secunia.com/advisories/28094
  12. http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/portage?rev=7799&view=rev
  13. http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-11.xml
  14. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26864
  15. http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019097
  16. https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39035