Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting freebsd package, versions [4.10,6.0]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREEBSD-2383006
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed11 Jan 2006
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Jan 2006

CVE-2006-0055  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for freebsd.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. The ispell_op function in ee on FreeBSD 4.10 to 6.0 uses predictable filenames and does not confirm which file is being written, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack when ee invokes ispell.

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