Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : ed (MDKSA-2000:076)

Alan Cox discovered that GNU ed a classed line editor tool creates temporary files unsafely. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2000:076. The text itself is copyrigh...

Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200410-07 (ed)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200410-07. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

CVE-2000-1137

CVE-2000-1137 affects GNU ed prior to 0.2-18.1. The issue arises from insecure temporary file handling, allowing a local user to influence files owned by others via a symlink attack in world-writable temporary directories. Consequence: potential local file overwrite or access when ed is invoked. ...