CVE-2007-0476 — The gencert.sh script, when installing OpenLDAP before 2.1.30-r10, 2.2.x before 2.2.28-r7, and 2.3.x before 2.3.30-r2 as an ebuild in Gentoo Linux, does not create temporary directories in /tmp securely during emerge, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack

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The gencert.sh script, when installing OpenLDAP before 2.1.30-r10, 2.2.x before 2.2.28-r7, and 2.3.x before 2.3.30-r2 as an ebuild in Gentoo Linux, does not create temporary directories in /tmp securely during emerge, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack

Published Jan 25, 2007

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.36%

Description

The gencert.sh script, when installing OpenLDAP before 2.1.30-r10, 2.2.x before 2.2.28-r7, and 2.3.x before 2.3.30-r2 as an ebuild in Gentoo Linux, does not create temporary directories in /tmp securely during emerge, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.36% 0.00365

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00365

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.36% (0.00365)	27.98th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.35% (0.00347)	26.38th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.06% (0.00061)	16.44th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00950)	32.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	30.63th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	28.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	13.46th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (5)

http://osvdb.org/31617
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/23881
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-19.xml
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22195
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0305
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Link	Providers	Tags
http://osvdb.org/31617		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/23881		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-19.xml		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22195		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0305		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jan 25, 2007

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jan 24, 2007

Link CVE-2007-0476

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2007-0476

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2007-0476