Gnu Nano vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-5742 [MEDIUM] CWE-59 CVE-2024-5742: A vulnerability was found in GNU Nano that allows a possible privilege escalation through an insecur 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 privileges through a malicious symlink.

CVE-2010-1161 [LOW] CWE-362 CVE-2010-1161: Race condition in GNU nano before 2.2.4, when run by root to edit a file that is not owned by root, Race condition in GNU nano before 2.2.4, when run by root to edit a file that is not owned by root, allows local user-assisted attackers to change the ownership of arbitrary files via vectors related to the creation of backup files.

CVE-2010-1160 [LOW] CWE-59 CVE-2010-1160: GNU nano before 2.2.4 does not verify whether a file has been changed before it is overwritten in a GNU nano before 2.2.4 does not verify whether a file has been changed before it is overwritten in a file-save operation, which allows local user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an attacker-owned file that is being edited by the victim.