CVE - CVE-2010-1160

CVE-ID
CVE-2010-1160	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:1023891 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023891 MISC:39444 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/39444 MISC:[Nano-devel] 20100407 New prerelease for security tweaks URL:http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/nano-devel/2010-04/msg00000.html MISC:[oss-security] 20100414 CVE request: GNU nano (minor) URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/04/14/4 MISC:http://drosenbe.blogspot.com/2010/03/nano-as-root.html URL:http://drosenbe.blogspot.com/2010/03/nano-as-root.html MISC:http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/trunk/nano/ChangeLog?revision=4503&root=nano&view=markup URL:http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/trunk/nano/ChangeLog?revision=4503&root=nano&view=markup
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20100329	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20100329)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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