CVE-2005-1916: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 3.1 only
• Ekg Project Ekg: up to and including 2005-06-05

Published 2005-07-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.