NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.06 : coreutils Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2025-0228)

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.06, has coreutils packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - Gnulib before 2017-04-26 has a heap-based buffer overflow with the TZ environment variable. The error is in the saveabbr function in timerz.c. CVE-2017-7476 ...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-20148

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - In the ebuild package through logcheck-1.3.23.ebuild for Logcheck on Gentoo, it is possible to achieve root privilege escalation from the logcheck user because ...

CVE-2025-46810

A flaw was found in the traefik2 package of OpenSUSE and its derived distributions. This issue occurs due to an insecure chown call in the %post section of the traefik2 package, allowing the traefik user to obtain ownership of arbitrary files on the system when the traefik2 package is reinstalled...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-16933

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - etc/initsystem/prepare-dirs in Icinga 2.x through 2.8.1 has a chown call for a filename in a user-writable directory, which allows local users to gain privilege...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2015-1336

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - The daily mandb cleanup job in Man-db before 2.7.6.1-1 as packaged in Ubuntu and Debian allows local users with access to the man account to gain privileges via...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2019-19191

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - Shibboleth Service Provider SP 3.x before 3.1.0 shipped a spec file that calls chown on files in a directory controlled by the service user the shibd account...

Security update for screen

This update for screen fixes the following issues: CVE-2025-46802: Fixed temporary chown of users' TTY to mode 0666 allowing PTY hijacking bsc1242269 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST onlineupdate or "zypper patch". Alternative...

CVE-2025-46802

CVE-2025-46802 affects the GNU Screen package. The issue allows a local attacker to hijack a TTY by briefly setting the PTY to mode 666, enabling connection to a screen session. A patch is available in the Screen project (commit id 049b26b22e197ba3be9c46e5c193032e01a4724a) and several distributio...

CVE-2017-20148

In the ebuild package through logcheck-1.3.23.ebuild for Logcheck on Gentoo, it is possible to achieve root privilege escalation from the logcheck user because of insecure recursive chown calls...

CVE-2009-3706

Unspecified vulnerability in the ZFS filesystem in Sun Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris snv100 through snv117, allows local users to bypass intended limitations of the filechownself privilege via certain uses of the chown system call...

CVE-2024-28189

Judge0 is an open-source online code execution system. The application uses the UNIX chown command on an untrusted file within the sandbox. An attacker can abuse this by creating a symbolic link symlink to a file outside the sandbox, allowing the attacker to run chown on arbitrary files outside o...

CLSA-2024-1734007022 Fix CVE(s): CVE-2021-44038

SECURITY UPDATE: Unsafe chown/chmod operations in .service files - debian/patches/CVE-2021-44038.patch: remove chown/chmod commands from the .service files - CVE-2021-44038...

RLSA-2024:6986 Low: nano security update

GNU nano is a small and friendly text editor. Security Fixes: nano: running chmod and chown on the filename allows malicious user to replace the emergency file with a malicious symlink to a root-owned file CVE-2024-5742 For more details about the security issues, including the impact, a CVSS scor...

Rocky Linux 8 : nano (RLSA-2024:6986)

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2024:6986 advisory. nano: running chmod and chown on the filename allows malicious user to replace the emergency file with a malicious symlink to a root-owned file CVE-2024-5742...

Low: nano security update

GNU nano is a small and friendly text editor. Security Fixes: nano: running chmod and chown on the filename allows malicious user to replace the emergency file with a malicious symlink to a root-owned file CVE-2024-5742 For more details about the security issues, including the impact, a CVSS scor...

Amazon Linux 2 : nano (ALAS-2024-2590)

The version of nano installed on the remote host is prior to 2.9.8-2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2590 advisory. nano: running chmod and chown on the filename allows malicious user to replace the emergency file with a malicious symlink to a...

Amazon Linux 2023 : default-editor, nano, nano-default-editor (ALAS2023-2024-652)

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-652 advisory. nano: running chmod and chown on the filename allows malicious user to replace the emergency file with a malicious symlink to a root-owned file CVE-2024-5742 Tenable has extracted the preceding...

Medium: nano

Issue Overview: nano: running chmod and chown on the filename allows malicious user to replace the emergency file with a malicious symlink to a root-owned file CVE-2024-5742 Affected Packages: nano Note: This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 AL2 Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for...

Nano: running `chmod` and `chown` on the filename allows malicious user to replace the emergency file with a malicious symlink to a root-owned file

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CVE-2024-5742

A vulnerability was found in GNU Nano that allows a possible privilege escalation through an insecure temporary file. If Nano is killed while editing, a file it saves to an emergency file with the permissions of the running user provides a window of opportunity for attackers to escalate privilege...