MDKSA-2001:042

Package name

nedit

Date

2001-04-25

Advisory ID

MDKSA-2001:042

Affected versions

8.0 i586 , 7.2 i586 , 7.1 i586 , CS1.0 i586

Problem description

A temporary file vulnerability exists in NEdit, the Nirvana Editor. When printing the entire text or selected parts of the text within the editor, nedit creates a temporary file in an insecure manner. This could be exploited to gain access to other user privileges including root.

Updated packages

8.0 i586

 a6e536fabf777e8068c1eb92e963a85e  8.0/RPMS/nedit-5.1.1-13.1mdk.i586.rpm
47fa2927a8b66c32661aaadcf7aa3ca4  8.0/SRPMS/nedit-5.1.1-13.1mdk.src.rpm

7.2 i586

 aa30f2bd203db8f50cf59b0a2b6939fd  7.2/RPMS/nedit-5.1.1-9.1mdk.i586.rpm
9ab4ccb9d28da67bf360de6f0e0acea7  7.2/SRPMS/nedit-5.1.1-9.1mdk.src.rpm

7.1 i586

 4f97d5ed0100ee9a38961d19e189f1cb  7.1/RPMS/nedit-5.1.1-9.2mdk.i586.rpm
116f0b623fc9a9d56369a5e00aabd596  7.1/SRPMS/nedit-5.1.1-9.2mdk.src.rpm

CS1.0 i586

 4f97d5ed0100ee9a38961d19e189f1cb  1.0.1/RPMS/nedit-5.1.1-9.2mdk.i586.rpm
116f0b623fc9a9d56369a5e00aabd596  1.0.1/SRPMS/nedit-5.1.1-9.2mdk.src.rpm