CVE-2005-0990

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2005-03-31
Bugzilla:
1617597: CVE-2005-0990 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2005-0990 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (sharutils) RHSA-2005:377 2005-04-26
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 (sharutils) RHSA-2005:377 2005-04-26
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (sharutils) RHSA-2005:377 2005-04-26

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