rPSA-2007-0012-1 ed

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rPath Security Advisory: 2007-0012-1
Published: 2007-01-23
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Minor
Exposure Level Classification:
    Local User Non-deterministic Vulnerability
Updated Versions:
    ed=/conary.rpath.com at rpl:devel//1/0.4-1-0.1

References:
    http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6939
    https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-962

Description:
    Previous versions of the ed package are vulnerable to a symlink
    attack which allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files
    writeable by the user running ed with contents provided by the
    user running the ed program.