PT-2007-1219 · Gnu · Gnu Ed

Published 2007-01-17 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2006-6939

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: GNU ed versions prior to 0.3

Description: The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files. This could be related to the open sbuf function.

Recommendations: For GNU ed versions prior to 0.3, update to version 0.3 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-6939

Affected Products

Gnu Ed

References · 17

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6939 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6939 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-6939 · Vendor Advisory
• http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2449 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-6939 · Vendor Advisory
• http://trustix.org/errata/2007/0005 · Vendor Advisory
• http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2450 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:023 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23832 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24054 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/22129 · Note
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-962 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4573 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23857 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30374 · Note