CVE-2006-6939 (GCVE-0-2006-6939)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2007-01-17 00:00
Modified
2024-08-07 20:42
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
GNU ed before 0.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, possibly in the open_sbuf function.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2449
cve@mitre.orghttp://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2450
cve@mitre.orghttp://freshmeat.net/projects/ed/?branch_id=17855&release_id=240890
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23832
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23848
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/23857
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/24054
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:023
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22129
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0005
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4573
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30374
cve@mitre.orghttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-962
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2449
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2450
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://freshmeat.net/projects/ed/?branch_id=17855&release_id=240890
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23832
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23848
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/23857
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/24054
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:023
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22129
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0005
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4573
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30374
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-962
Impacted products
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