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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 11, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2006-0055

CVE-2006-0055

Description

The ispell_op function in ee on FreeBSD 4.10 to 6.0 uses predictable filenames and does not confirm which file is being written, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack when ee invokes ispell.

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Affected products

29
  • FreeBSD/FreeBSD28 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 27 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.10:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.10:release_p8:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.10:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.11:release_p3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.11:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.11:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:release_p14:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:release_p5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.1:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2.1:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.2.1:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.3:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:pre-release:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.4:releng:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:release:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:stable:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • FreeBSD/eellm-fuzzy
    Range: 4.10 to 6.0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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