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HistoryFeb 22, 2006 - 12:00 a.m.

noweb vulnerability

2006-02-2200:00:00
ubuntu.com
25

1.2 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 5.10
  • Ubuntu 5.04
  • Ubuntu 4.10

Details

Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña discovered that noweb scripts created
temporary files in an insecure way. This could allow a symlink attack
to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user
running noweb.

1.2 Low

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%