CVE-2005-0990 Affecting sharutils package, versions <1:4.2.1-13


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-SHARUTILS-274983
  • published2 May 2005
  • disclosed2 May 2005

Introduced: 2 May 2005

CVE-2005-0990  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 sharutils to version 1:4.2.1-13 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sharutils package and not the sharutils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1