Vulnerability in (1) pine before 4.33 and (2) the pico editor, included with pine, allows local users local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Immunix | Immunix | 6.2 (including) | 6.2 (including) |
| Immunix | Immunix | 7.0 (including) | 7.0 (including) |
| Immunix | Immunix | 7.0_beta (including) | 7.0_beta (including) |
| Pine | University_of_washington | * | 4.33 (including) |
| Red Hat Linux 5.2 | RedHat | * | |
| Red Hat Linux 6.2 | RedHat | * | |
| Red Hat Linux 7.0 | RedHat | * |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=98749102621604\u0026w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=99106787825229\u0026w=2
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-047.php3?dis=8.0
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-042.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6367
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=98749102621604\u0026w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=99106787825229\u0026w=2
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-047.php3?dis=8.0
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-042.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6367