CVE-2007-6249
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (38th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-6217)
- Published
- December 15, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-6217 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gentoo / linux
- gentoo / portage
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193589(Exploit)
- http://osvdb.org/42636
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28094
- http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/portage?rev=7799&view=rev(Exploit)
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-11.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26864
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019097
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39035
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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