fkie_cve-2006-0055
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2006-01-11 21:03
Modified
2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
The ispell_op function in ee on FreeBSD 4.10 to 6.0 uses predictable filenames and does not confirm which file is being written, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack when ee invokes ispell.
References
secteam@freebsd.orgftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:02.ee.asc
secteam@freebsd.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/18404Patch, Vendor Advisory
secteam@freebsd.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1015469
secteam@freebsd.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/22320
secteam@freebsd.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16207Patch
secteam@freebsd.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24074
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:02.ee.asc
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/18404Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1015469
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/22320
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16207Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24074
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
freebsd freebsd 4.10
freebsd freebsd 4.10
freebsd freebsd 4.10
freebsd freebsd 4.10
freebsd freebsd 4.11
freebsd freebsd 4.11
freebsd freebsd 4.11
freebsd freebsd 5.0
freebsd freebsd 5.0
freebsd freebsd 5.0
freebsd freebsd 5.0
freebsd freebsd 5.1
freebsd freebsd 5.1
freebsd freebsd 5.1
freebsd freebsd 5.1
freebsd freebsd 5.1
freebsd freebsd 5.2
freebsd freebsd 5.2.1
freebsd freebsd 5.2.1
freebsd freebsd 5.3
freebsd freebsd 5.3
freebsd freebsd 5.3
freebsd freebsd 5.3
freebsd freebsd 5.4
freebsd freebsd 5.4
freebsd freebsd 5.4
freebsd freebsd 6.0
freebsd freebsd 6.0


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