CVE

Id
3369  
CVE No.
CVE-2001-0556  
Status
Candidate  
Description
The Nirvana Editor (NEdit) 5.1.1 and earlier allows a local attacker to overwrite other users" files via a symlink attack on (1) backup files or (2) temporary files used when nedit prints a file or portions of a file.  
Phase
Proposed (20010727)  
Votes
ACCEPT(6) Baker, Bishop, Cole, Foat, Williams, Ziese | MODIFY(1) Frech | NOOP(2) Christey, Wall  
Comments
Frech> nedit-print-symlink(6424) | Christey> SGI:20011105-01-P | ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20011105-01-P | ADDREF BID:2627 | URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2627 | (there are different BID"s for the different symlink issues)  

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Id CVE Id CVE No. Reference Actions
14507 3369 CVE-2001-0556 BUGTRAQ:20010428 More nedit problems ? (was Re: PROGENY-SA-2001-10...)  View
14508 3369 CVE-2001-0556 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/180237  View
14509 3369 CVE-2001-0556 CONFIRM:http://www.nedit.org/archives/develop/2001-Feb/0391.html  View
14510 3369 CVE-2001-0556 SUSE:SuSE-SA:2001:14  View
14511 3369 CVE-2001-0556 URL:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_014_nedit.html  View
14512 3369 CVE-2001-0556 MANDRAKE:MDKSA-2001:042  View
14513 3369 CVE-2001-0556 URL:http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-042.php3  View
14514 3369 CVE-2001-0556 DEBIAN:DSA-053  View
14515 3369 CVE-2001-0556 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-053  View
14516 3369 CVE-2001-0556 REDHAT:RHSA-2001:061  View
14517 3369 CVE-2001-0556 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-061.html  View
14518 3369 CVE-2001-0556 BID:2667  View

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