CVE catalog

CVE-2005-2656

polygen: CVE-2005-2656

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Medium
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.33% · Oct 25, 2026

Polygen before 1.0.6 generates precompiled grammar objects with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) and possibly perform other unauthorized activities.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianpolygensid1.0.6.ds2-25fixed
Debianpolygenforky1.0.6.ds2-25fixed
Debianpolygentrixie1.0.6.ds2-25fixed
Debianpolygenbookworm1.0.6.ds2-23fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianpolygensourcesid1.0.6-9lowNot reported[325468]
Debianpolygensourceforky1.0.6-9lowNot reported[325468]
Debianpolygensourcetrixie1.0.6-9lowNot reported[325468]
Debianpolygensourcebookworm1.0.6-9lowNot reported[325468]

[Debian bug #325468]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [polygen]Fixed
    Details (2)
    • 1.0.6.ds2-23 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.6-9

      dsa · polygen · debian · bookworm; dsa · polygen · debian · 12

    • 1.0.6.ds2-23 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.6-9

      dsa · polygen · debian · bookworm; dsa · polygen · debian · 12

  • Source package: [polygen]

    Details (2)
    • 1.0.6.ds2-23 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.6-9

      dsa · polygen · debian · bookworm; dsa · polygen · debian · 12

    • 1.0.6.ds2-23 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.6-9

      dsa · polygen · debian · bookworm; dsa · polygen · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [polygen]Fixed

    Source package: [polygen]

    Details (2)
    • 1.0.6.ds2-25+b3 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.6-9

      dsa · polygen · debian · 13

    • 1.0.6.ds2-25+b3 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.6-9

      dsa · polygen · debian · 13

  • Source package: [polygen]

    Details (2)
    • 1.0.6.ds2-25 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.6-9

      dsa · polygen · debian · 13

    • 1.0.6.ds2-25 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.0.6-9

      dsa · polygen · debian · 13

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