CVE-2005-0824

The internal_dump function in Mathopd before 1.5p5, and 1.6x before 1.6b6 BETA, when Mathopd is running with the -n option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on dump files that are triggered by a SIGWINCH signal.

Score

CVSS 3.1 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2005-05-02

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected products

• Mathopd (Mathopd)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/14524
• http://www.mail-archive.com/mathopd%40mathopd.org/msg00272.html