Description (CNA)
A vulnerability was found in GNU Nano that allows a possible privilege escalation through an insecure temporary file. If Nano is killed while editing, a file it saves to an emergency file with the permissions of the running user provides a window of opportunity for attackers to escalate privileges through a malicious symlink.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Not supplied / Not supplied | affected |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | unaffected 0:2.9.8-3.el8_10 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | unaffected 0:5.6.1-6.el9 before * |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | unaffected |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | unknown |
| Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | unknown |
CWE
CWE-59
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6986
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9430
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5742
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2278574
ADP enrichment
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