CVE-2006-6939

Description

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.

References

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-962

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30374

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4573

http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0005

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22129

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:023

http://secunia.com/advisories/24054

http://secunia.com/advisories/23857

http://secunia.com/advisories/23848

http://secunia.com/advisories/23832

http://freshmeat.net/projects/ed/?branch_id=17855&release_id=240890

http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2450

http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2449

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3