CVE-2010-1160
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 16, 2010
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 29, 2010
Description
GNU nano before 2.2.4 does not verify whether a file has been changed before it is overwritten in a file-save operation, which allows local user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an attacker-owned file that is being edited by the victim.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- [Nano-devel] 20100407 New prerelease for security tweaksmailing-list
- http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/trunk/nano/ChangeLog?revision=4503&root=nano&view=markup
- [oss-security] 20100414 CVE request: GNU nano (minor)mailing-list
- 1023891vdb-entry
- http://drosenbe.blogspot.com/2010/03/nano-as-root.html
- 39444third-party-advisory
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