Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2005-0990
CVE-2005-0990
Description
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
7- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-377.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cginvdVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/12981nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19957nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9613nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/104-1/nvd
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