# CVE-2004-1107: dispatch-conf in Portage 2.0.51-r2 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2004-12-01 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

dispatch-conf in Portage 2.0.51-r2 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/13108/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11616
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69147
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17986
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200411-13.xml

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