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CVE-2010-1161

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Published 2010-04-16 · Modified 2026-04-29
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CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
3.7

Description

Race condition in GNU nano before 2.2.4, when run by root to edit a file that is not owned by root, allows local user-assisted attackers to change the ownership of arbitrary files via vectors related to the creation of backup files.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
debian Debian Fixed 5 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 2.2.4-1
sid Fixed 2.2.4-1
forky Fixed 2.2.4-1
bullseye Fixed 2.2.4-1
bookworm Fixed 2.2.4-1

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
gnunano{"endIncluding":"2.2.3"}
gnunano0.5.0
gnunano0.5.1
gnunano0.5.2
gnunano0.5.3
gnunano0.5.4
gnunano0.5.5
gnunano0.6.0
gnunano0.6.1
gnunano0.6.2
gnunano0.6.3
gnunano0.6.4
gnunano0.6.5
gnunano0.6.6
gnunano0.6.7
gnunano0.6.8
gnunano0.6.9
gnunano0.7.0
gnunano0.7.1
gnunano0.7.2
gnunano0.7.3
gnunano0.7.4
gnunano0.7.5
gnunano0.7.6
gnunano0.7.7
gnunano0.7.8
gnunano0.7.9
gnunano0.8.0
gnunano0.8.1
gnunano0.8.2
gnunano0.8.3
gnunano0.8.4
gnunano0.8.5
gnunano0.8.6
gnunano0.8.7
gnunano0.8.8
gnunano0.8.9
gnunano0.9.0
gnunano0.9.1
gnunano0.9.2
gnunano0.9.3
gnunano0.9.4
gnunano0.9.5
gnunano0.9.6
gnunano0.9.7
gnunano0.9.8
gnunano0.9.9
gnunano0.9.10
gnunano0.9.11
gnunano0.9.12
gnunano0.9.13
gnunano0.9.14
gnunano0.9.15
gnunano0.9.16
gnunano0.9.17
gnunano0.9.18
gnunano0.9.19
gnunano0.9.20
gnunano0.9.21
gnunano0.9.22
gnunano0.9.23
gnunano0.9.24
gnunano0.9.25
gnunano0.9.99pre1
gnunano0.9.99pre2
gnunano0.9.99pre3
gnunano1.0.0
gnunano1.0.1
gnunano1.0.2
gnunano1.0.3
gnunano1.0.4
gnunano1.0.5
gnunano1.0.6
gnunano1.0.7
gnunano1.0.8
gnunano1.0.9
gnunano1.1.0
gnunano1.1.1
gnunano1.1.2
gnunano1.1.3
gnunano1.1.4
gnunano1.1.5
gnunano1.1.6
gnunano1.1.7
gnunano1.1.8
gnunano1.1.9
gnunano1.1.10
gnunano1.1.11
gnunano1.1.12
gnunano1.1.99pre1
gnunano1.1.99pre2
gnunano1.1.99pre3
gnunano1.2.0
gnunano1.2.1
gnunano1.2.2
gnunano1.2.3
gnunano1.2.4
gnunano1.2.5
gnunano1.3.0
gnunano1.3.1
gnunano1.3.2
gnunano1.3.3
gnunano1.3.4
gnunano1.3.5
gnunano1.3.6
gnunano1.3.7
gnunano1.3.8
gnunano1.3.9
gnunano1.3.10
gnunano1.3.11
gnunano1.3.12
gnunano1.9.99pre1
gnunano1.9.99pre2
gnunano1.9.99pre3
gnunano2.0.0
gnunano2.0.1
gnunano2.0.2
gnunano2.0.3
gnunano2.0.4
gnunano2.0.5
gnunano2.0.6
gnunano2.0.7
gnunano2.0.8
gnunano2.0.9
gnunano2.1.0
gnunano2.1.1
gnunano2.1.2
gnunano2.1.3
gnunano2.1.4
gnunano2.1.5
gnunano2.1.6
gnunano2.1.7
gnunano2.1.8
gnunano2.1.9
gnunano2.1.10
gnunano2.1.11
gnunano2.1.99pre1
gnunano2.1.99pre2
gnunano2.2.0
gnunano2.2.1
gnunano2.2.2

References

CWEs

CWE-362

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.