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CVE-2006-0055

Published: Jan 11, 2006 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0055
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FreebsdFreebsd4.10 (including)4.10 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd4.10-release (including)4.10-release (including)
FreebsdFreebsd4.10-release_p8 (including)4.10-release_p8 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd4.10-releng (including)4.10-releng (including)
FreebsdFreebsd4.11-release_p3 (including)4.11-release_p3 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd4.11-releng (including)4.11-releng (including)
FreebsdFreebsd4.11-stable (including)4.11-stable (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.0 (including)5.0 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.0-alpha (including)5.0-alpha (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.0-release_p14 (including)5.0-release_p14 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.0-releng (including)5.0-releng (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.1 (including)5.1 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.1-alpha (including)5.1-alpha (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.1-release (including)5.1-release (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.1-release_p5 (including)5.1-release_p5 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.1-releng (including)5.1-releng (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.2 (including)5.2 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.2.1-release (including)5.2.1-release (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.2.1-releng (including)5.2.1-releng (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.3 (including)5.3 (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.3-release (including)5.3-release (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.3-releng (including)5.3-releng (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.3-stable (including)5.3-stable (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.4-pre-release (including)5.4-pre-release (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.4-release (including)5.4-release (including)
FreebsdFreebsd5.4-releng (including)5.4-releng (including)
FreebsdFreebsd6.0-release (including)6.0-release (including)
FreebsdFreebsd6.0-stable (including)6.0-stable (including)
EeUbuntudapper*
EeUbuntudevel*
EeUbuntuedgy*
EeUbuntufeisty*
EeUbuntugutsy*

References

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