CVE-2005-0457

Summary

Opera 7.54 and earlier on Gentoo Linux uses an insecure path for plugins, which could allow local users to gain privileges by inserting malicious libraries into the PORTAGE_TMPDIR (portage) temporary directory.

Impact & exploitability

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products we track (1)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-17.xml ↗

Additional information

• NVD record
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-17.xmlPatch
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81747Advisory