full-disclosure - rPSA-2007-0012-1 ed

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Message-ID: <45b5cb46.3MwP+P4Rm01hPrT9%announce-noreply@rpath.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:45:58 -0500
From: rPath Update Announcements <announce-noreply@...th.com>
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Cc: lwn@....net, full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: rPSA-2007-0012-1 ed

rPath Security Advisory: 2007-0012-1
Published: 2007-01-23
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Minor
Exposure Level Classification:
    Local User Non-deterministic Vulnerability
Updated Versions:
    ed=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/0.4-1-0.1

References:
    http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6939
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-962

Description:
    Previous versions of the ed package are vulnerable to a symlink
    attack which allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files
    writeable by the user running ed with contents provided by the
    user running the ed program.

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