CVE-2005-1916 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2005-1916?

CVE-2005-1916 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 6 Jul 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

linki.py in ekg 2005-06-05 and earlier allows local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1916?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Ekg Project Ekg.

How do I fix CVE-2005-1916?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2005-1916 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1916 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-6hvx-3mcf-v9xf.