CVE-2005-1707: Gentoo Linux Webapp-Config

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The fn_show_postinst function in Gentoo webapp-config before 1.10-r14 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the postinst.txt temporary file.

Affected products

• Gentoo Linux Webapp-Config: version 1.10 only

Published 2005-05-24. Last modified 2026-06-16.