CVE-2005-3342

NameCVE-2005-3342
Descriptionnoweb 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SuSE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-968-1
NVD severitylow (attack range: local)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
noweb (PTS)wheezy2.11b-7.1fixed
jessie2.11b-9fixed
buster, sid, stretch2.11b-11fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
nowebsource(unstable)2.10c-3.2low
nowebsourcesarge2.10c-3.2lowDSA-968-1
nowebsourcewoody2.9a-7.4lowDSA-968-1
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