Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 22, 2001· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2001-0556
CVE-2001-0556
Description
The Nirvana Editor (NEdit) 5.1.1 and earlier allows a local attacker to overwrite other users' files via a symlink attack on (1) backup files or (2) temporary files used when nedit prints a file or portions of a file.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
7- www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-053nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-042.php3nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-061.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/2667nvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- www.nedit.org/archives/develop/2001-Feb/0391.htmlnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_014_nedit.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/180237nvd
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