CVE-2005-0069 Path traversal in n/a
Medium 4.6
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-0069 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2005-0069 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Jan 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0069 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0069/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-0069/index.md)
Local attackers can overwrite or create arbitrary files via symlink attacks on temporary files in Vim scripts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-0069?
CVE-2005-0069 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Jan 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The (1) tcltags or (2) vimspell.sh scripts in vim 6.3 allow local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-0069?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (24)
vim Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.3 |
vim-X11 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.3 |
vim-common Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.3 |
vim-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.3 |
vim-enhanced Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.3 |
vim-minimal Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.3 |
vim Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.3 |
vim-X11 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.3 |
vim-common Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.3 |
vim-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.3 |
vim-enhanced Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.3 |
vim-minimal Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.3 |
vim Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.3 |
vim-X11 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.3 |
vim-common Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.3 |
vim-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.3 |
vim-enhanced Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.3 |
vim-minimal Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.3 |
vim Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.3 |
vim-X11 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.3 |
vim-common Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.3 |
vim-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.3 |
vim-enhanced Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.3 |
vim-minimal Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 1:6.3.046-0.30E.3 |
Products include Vim Development Group Vim.
How do I fix CVE-2005-0069?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2005-0069 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-0069 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-0069, GHSA-8p47-83g5-grhh, RHSA-2005:122.