CVE-2010-1161
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 16, 2010
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 29, 2010
Description
Race condition in GNU nano before 2.2.4, when run by root to edit a file that is not owned by root, allows local user-assisted attackers to change the ownership of arbitrary files via vectors related to the creation of backup files.
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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