CVE catalog

CVE-2007-5207

guilt: CVE-2007-5207

[CVE catalog]

Severity
High
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.36% · Oct 25, 2026

guilt 0.27 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a guilt.log.[PID] temporary file.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

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

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianguiltsid0.36-3fixed
Debianguiltforky0.36-3fixed
Debianguilttrixie0.36-3fixed
Debianguiltbookworm0.36-3fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianguiltsourcesid0.27-1.2mediumNot reported[445308]
Debianguiltsourceforky0.27-1.2mediumNot reported[445308]
Debianguiltsourcetrixie0.27-1.2mediumNot reported[445308]
Debianguiltsourcebookworm0.27-1.2mediumNot reported[445308]

[Debian bug #445308]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [guilt]Fixed
    Details (2)
    • 0.36-3 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.27-1.2

      dsa · guilt · debian · bookworm; dsa · guilt · debian · 12

    • 0.36-3 · all · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.27-1.2

      dsa · guilt · debian · bookworm; dsa · guilt · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [guilt]Fixed
    Details (2)
    • 0.36-3 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.27-1.2

      dsa · guilt · debian · 13

    • 0.36-3 · all · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 0.27-1.2

      dsa · guilt · debian · 13

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