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CVE-2006-6939

Published: Jan 17, 2007 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
UNTRIAGED
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6939
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ed Gnu * 0.2 (including)
Ed Ubuntu dapper *
Ed Ubuntu devel *
Ed Ubuntu edgy *
Ed Ubuntu feisty *

References

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