CVE-2005-0990 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=302412 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-377.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12981 https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8459 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19957 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9613 https://usn.ubuntu.com/104-1/