CVE-2005-3342

Severity: low (CVSS 1.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Norman Ramsey Noweb: 2.9a, 2.10c

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/18809
http://secunia.com/advisories/18812
http://secunia.com/advisories/18967
http://secunia.com/advisories/19027
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-968
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-14.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16610
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-254-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0547
http://secunia.com/advisories/18809
http://secunia.com/advisories/18812
http://secunia.com/advisories/18967

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