CVE-2006-0055 Information

Description

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.

Reference

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:02.ee.asc http://secunia.com/advisories/18404 http://securitytracker.com/id?1015469 http://www.osvdb.org/22320 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16207 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24074