CVE-2006-6939

Description

GNU ed before 0.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, possibly in the open_sbuf function.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References

• http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2449
• http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2450
• http://freshmeat.net/projects/ed/?branch_id=17855&release_id=240890
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23832
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23848
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23857