CVE-2005-0824

Medium

Description

The internal_dump function in Mathopd before 1.5p5, and 1.6x before 1.6b6 BETA, when Mathopd is running with the -n option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on dump files that are triggered by a SIGWINCH signal.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductMathopd
PublishedMay 2, 2005
First seenMay 2, 2005

How to fix

Update
  • mathopd mathopd1.5 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mathopd mathopdv < 1.5, 1.61.5

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