Vulnerability in Freebsd

CVE-2006-0055

The ispell_op function in ee on FreeBSD 4.10 to 6.0 uses predictable filenames and does not confirm which file is being written, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack when ee invokes ispell.

EPSS: 0.004 (28.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Freebsd — versions 4.10, 4.11, 5.0
N/a — versions n/a

References

secteam@freebsd.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secteam@freebsd.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
secteam@freebsd.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
secteam@freebsd.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
secteam@freebsd.org (Patch, x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)