CVE-2010-2056
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
3.3
Description
GNU gv before 3.7.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
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.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:3.7.1-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1:3.7.1-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:3.7.1-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:3.7.1-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:3.7.1-1 |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043913.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043948.html
- http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6368
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40475
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40532
- http://www.osvdb.org/66249
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1757
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599621
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2056
CWEs
CWE-59
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.