DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1270

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-1270
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1270.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1270
Upstream
Published
2005-04-26T04:00:00Z
Modified
2025-11-14T03:11:56.619100Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The (1) check_update.sh and (2) rkhunter script in Rootkit Hunter before 1.2.3-r1 create temporary files with predictable file names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / rkhunter

Package

Name
rkhunter
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/rkhunter?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.7-14

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1270.json"

Debian:12 / rkhunter

Package

Name
rkhunter
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/rkhunter?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.7-14

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1270.json"

Debian:13 / rkhunter

Package

Name
rkhunter
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/rkhunter?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.7-14

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1270.json"

Debian:14 / rkhunter

Package

Name
rkhunter
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/rkhunter?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.7-14

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1270.json"