CVE-2010-1160

Publication date 16 April 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Description

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
nano 15.04 vivid
Not affected
14.10 utopic
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
13.10 saucy
Not affected
13.04 raring
Not affected
12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life
9.10 karmic Ignored end of life
9.04 jaunty Ignored end of life
8.10 intrepid Ignored end of life, was needed
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

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