CVE-2005-0990

published 2005-05-02

CVE-2005-0990: unshar (unshar.c) in sharutils 4.2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the unsh.X temporary file.

Priority P4 7 low 2.1 CVSS 2.0

AV L AC L Au N C N I P A N

unshar (unshar.c) in sharutils 4.2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the unsh.X temporary file.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	sharutils	< sharutils 1:4.2.1-13 (bookworm)	sharutils 1:4.2.1-13 (bookworm)
gnu	sharutils	—	—
gnu	sharutils	>= 0 < 1:4.2.1-13	1:4.2.1-13
gnu	sharutils	>= 0 < 1:4.2.1-13	1:4.2.1-13
gnu	sharutils	>= 0 < 1:4.2.1-13	1:4.2.1-13
gnu	sharutils	>= 0 < 1:4.2.1-13	1:4.2.1-13

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 2.1 LOW AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

osv 2.1 LOW

vendor_debian 2.1 LOW

vendor_redhat 2.1 LOW

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