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TI-2006-00065 Aliases CVE-2006-0071GHSA-75fx-j955-f284

The ebuild for pinentry before 0.7.2-r2 on Gentoo Linux sets setgid bits for pinentry…

Priority LOW 29Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

The ebuild for pinentry before 0.7.2-r2 on Gentoo Linux sets setgid bits for pinentry programs, which allows local users to read or overwrite arbitrary files as gid 0.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00389 33rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:app-crypt_pinentry:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7.2Vulnerablegentoo
cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:app-crypt_pinentry:0.7.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7.2 r1Vulnerablegentoo
cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerablegentoo
  • cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:app-crypt_pinentry:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7.2 Vulnerable ·gentoo
  • cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:app-crypt_pinentry:0.7.2:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7.2 r1 Vulnerable ·gentoo
  • cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·gentoo

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-0071
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-75fx-j955-f284

References

Patch 1

Other 1

Sources

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