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The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

GNU ed before 0.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, possibly in the open_sbuf function.

Find out more about CVE-2006-6939 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=223072

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.

Last Modified 2018-04-27T00:49:50+00:00