PT-2024-6057 · Gnu Nano+10 · Gnu Nano+10

Tej Rathi · Published 2024-04-12 · Updated 2025-03-17 · CVE-2024-5742

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.7

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU Nano (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability was found in GNU Nano that allows a possible privilege escalation through an insecure temporary file. If Nano is killed while editing, a file it saves to an emergency file with the permissions of the running user provides a window of opportunity for attackers to escalate privileges through a malicious symlink. The vulnerability is related to errors in handling temporary files, which can be exploited to impact data integrity.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-377

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2024:6986

ALSA-2024:9430

ALT-PU-2024-13716

ALT-PU-2024-14552

AZL-42612

AZL-42619

BDU:2024-06879

CESA-2024_6986

CVE-2024-5742

DLA-3831-1

INFSA-2024_6986

INFSA-2024_9430

MGASA-2024-0223

OESA-2024-1735

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:0157-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:0157-2

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:14034-1

RHSA-2024:6986

RHSA-2024:9430

RHSA-2024_6986

RHSA-2024_9430

RLSA-2024:6986

RLSA-2024:9430

ROSA-SA-2025-2586

USN-7064-1

USN-7064-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Almalinux

Astra Linux

Centos

Gnu Nano

Linuxmint

Nano

Red Hat

Red Os

Rocky Linux

Ubuntu

References · 63

• https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:9430 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RLSA-2024:9430 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2278574 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6986 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-6986.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9430 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5742 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-3831-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-5742 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2024-0223 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:6986 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5742 · Security Note
• https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-9430.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se18-bulletin-2025-0114SE18MD · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALSA-2024:6986 · Vendor Advisory