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The internal_dump function in Mathopd before 1.5p5, and 1...

Low severity Unreviewed Published May 1, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 4, 2024

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

The internal_dump function in Mathopd before 1.5p5, and 1.6x before 1.6b6 BETA, when Mathopd is running with the -n option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on dump files that are triggered by a SIGWINCH signal.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 2, 2005
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 1, 2022
Last updated Feb 4, 2024

Severity

Low

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2005-0824

GHSA ID

GHSA-3m96-w3xc-w9j4

Source code

No known source code

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