CVE-2006-0055

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

The ispell_op function in ee on FreeBSD 4.10 to 6.0 uses predictable filenames and does not confirm which file is being written, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack when ee invokes ispell.

The ispell_op function in ee on FreeBSD 4.10 to 6.0 uses predictable filenames and does not confirm which file is being written, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack when ee invokes ispell.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

Type

FreeBSD

First reported 19 years ago

2006-01-11 21:03:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-20 01:29:00

Affected Software

FreeBSD 4.10

4.10

FreeBSD 5.0

5.0

FreeBSD 5.1

5.1

FreeBSD 5.2

5.2

FreeBSD 5.3

5.3

References

FreeBSD-SA-06:02

18404

Patch, Vendor Advisory

1015469

22320

16207

Patch

ee-ispell-op-symlink(24074)

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