CVE-2005-3342 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

noweb 2.10c and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks on temporary files in (1) lib/toascii.nw and (2) shell/roff.mm.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00062.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Norman Ramsey Subscribe	Noweb Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:norman_ramsey:noweb:2.9a:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:norman_ramsey:noweb:2.10c:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-968-1	New noweb packages fix insecure temporary file creation
EUVD	EUVD-2005-3341	noweb 2.10c and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks on temporary files in (1) lib/toascii.nw and (2) shell/roff.mm.
Ubuntu USN	USN-254-1	noweb vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/18809
http://secunia.com/advisories/18812
http://secunia.com/advisories/18967
http://secunia.com/advisories/19027
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-968
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-14.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16610
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-254-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0547

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2006-02-14T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:10:08.541Z

Reserved: 2005-10-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-3342

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-3342

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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