medium6.7
CVE-2024-5742
A vulnerability was found in GNU Nano that allows a possible privilege escalation through an insecure temporary file.
Impact
A vulnerability was found in GNU Nano that allows a possible privilege escalation through an insecure temporary file. If Nano is killed while editing, a file it saves to an emergency file with the permissions of the running user provides a window of opportunity for attackers to escalate privileges through a malicious symlink.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Gnu | Nano | from 2.2.0 before 8.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | Versions 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6986
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9430
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-5742
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2278574
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00006.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html