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TITLE:
GNU ed Insecure Temporary File Creation

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23832

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CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Privilege escalation

WHERE:
Local system

SOFTWARE:
GNU ed 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/13285/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in GNU ed, which can be exploited
by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated
privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to temporary files being created
insecurely. This can be exploited via symlink attacks to overwrite
arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running ed.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 0.3.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.3 or later.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

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