{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2001-0556", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "http://www.nedit.org/archives/develop/2001-Feb/0391.html", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://www.nedit.org/archives/develop/2001-Feb/0391.html" }, { "name": "20010428 More nedit problems ? (was Re: PROGENY-SA-2001-10...)", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/180237" }, { "name": "RHSA-2001:061", "refsource": "REDHAT", "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-061.html" }, { "name": "MDKSA-2001:042", "refsource": "MANDRAKE", "url": "http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-042.php3" }, { "name": "2667", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2667" }, { "name": "DSA-053", "refsource": "DEBIAN", "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-053" }, { "name": "SuSE-SA:2001:14", "refsource": "SUSE", "url": "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_014_nedit.html" } ] } }