National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-2056

Overview

GNU gv before 3.7.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6368

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6368

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599621

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599621

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-1757

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1757

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 66249

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/66249

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 40532

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/40532

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 40475

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/40475

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2010-10642

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043948.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2010-10660

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043913.html