etc-update in Portage before 2.1.3.11 on Gentoo Linux relies on the umask to set permissions for the merge file, often resulting in permissions weaker than those of the original files, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the merge file.
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2007-12-15T01:00:00
Updated: 2017-08-07T12:57:01
Reserved: 2007-12-05T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2007-6249
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2007-12-15T01:46:00.000
Modified: 2017-08-08T01:29:02.710
Link: CVE-2007-6249
JSON object: View
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CWE