CVE-2010-2056
GNU gv before 3.7.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
02 Description
GNU gv before 3.7.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 26.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-07-22 01:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 02:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-05-25
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 003485871d3ba01957c35d2b07fcdf29b51ce5539db2388d61404eddb1c909f6
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com40532http://secunia.com/advisories/40532
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599621
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1757http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1757
- savannah.gnu.orghttp://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6368
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-10642http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043948.html
- secunia.com40475http://secunia.com/advisories/40475
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-10660http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043913.html
- www.osvdb.org66249http://www.osvdb.org/66249
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- gv Fixed in 1:3.7.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- gv Fixed in 1:3.7.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- gv Fixed in 1:3.7.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.