# CVE-2019-20384: Gentoo Portage through 2.3.84 allows local users to place a Trojan horse plugin in the /usr/lib64/nagios/plugins directory by leveraging acc

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-01-20 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Gentoo Portage through 2.3.84 allows local users to place a Trojan horse plugin in the /usr/lib64/nagios/plugins directory by leveraging access to the nagios user account, because this directory is writable in between a call to emake and a call to fowners.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://bugs.gentoo.org/692492
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/01/21/1

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