Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-3342
CVE-2005-3342
Description
noweb 2.10c and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks on temporary files in (1) lib/toascii.nw and (2) shell/roff.mm.
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LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:norman_ramsey:noweb:2.10c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:norman_ramsey:noweb:2.10c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:norman_ramsey:noweb:2.9a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
9- secunia.com/advisories/18812nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/18967nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-968nvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/18809nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/19027nvdVendor Advisory
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-14.xmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16610nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-254-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0547nvd
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