CVE-2005-2231
heartbeat - insecure temporary files
EPSS 0.10%
Description
High Availability Linux Project Heartbeat 1.2.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
How to fix CVE-2005-2231
To remediate CVE-2005-2231, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/heartbeat—upgrade to 1.2.3-12 or later
- Debian/heartbeat—upgrade to 0.4.9.0l-7.3 or later
Is CVE-2005-2231 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.2.3-12
- from 0, < 0.4.9.0l-7.3