PT-2010-2875 · Gnu+1 · Gnu Nano+1

Dan Rosenberg · Published 2010-04-16 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2010-1161

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.7

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU nano versions prior to 2.2.4

Description A race condition exists when GNU nano is run by root to edit a file not owned by root, allowing local user-assisted attackers to change the ownership of arbitrary files through vectors related to the creation of backup files.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.2.4, update to version 2.2.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-1161

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10435-1

Affected Products

Gnu Nano

Nano

References · 13

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-1161 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-1161 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2010-1161 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-1161 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39444 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10435-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/14/4 · Note
• http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/trunk/nano/ChangeLog?revision=4503&root=nano&view=markup · Note
• http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/nano-devel/2010-04/msg00000.html · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1160 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-1161 · Note
• http://drosenbe.blogspot.com/2010/03/nano-as-root.html · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1023891 · Note