Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | ed symlink attack |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | DSA-001 | First vendor Publication | 2000-11-29 |
| Vendor | Debian | Last vendor Modification | 2000-11-29 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | 1 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 4.6 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| Alan Cox discovered that GNU ed (a classed line editor tool) created temporary files unsafely. This has been fixed in version 0.2-18.1. wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 alias potato |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2000/dsa-001 |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 4 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200410-07 (ed) File : nvt/glsa_200410_07.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 001-1 (ed) File : nvt/deb_001_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 6491 | GNU ed tmpfile Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite GNU ed contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to overwrite arbitrary files. The issue is triggered when a user creates a symlink to a temporary file and the system is halted before the file is saved. This flaw may lead to a loss of integrity and availability. |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2012-09-06 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2000-076.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2004-10-09 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200410-07.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2013-02-06 19:08:03 |
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