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GHSA-2P56-R36Q-FX99

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-03 03:15 – Updated: 2022-05-03 03:15

Details

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.

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  "aliases": [
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  "id": "GHSA-2p56-r36q-fx99",
  "modified": "2022-05-03T03:15:27Z",
  "published": "2022-05-03T03:15:27Z",
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    },
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    },
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    },
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CVE-2006-0055 (GCVE-0-2006-0055)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-01-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 16:18

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

freebsd

References

6 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16207	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015469	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.osvdb.org/22320	vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/18404	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Date Public

2006-01-11 00:00

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-2P56-R36Q-FX99

CVE-2006-0055 (GCVE-0-2006-0055)

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