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Package "nano"

Name: nano

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This package is just an umbrella for a group of other packages, it has no description.
Description samples from packages in group:

  • small, friendly text editor inspired by Pico - tiny build
Latest version: 4.8-1ubuntu1.1
Release: focal (20.04)
Level: updates
Repository: universe

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base main 4.8-1ubuntu1
security main 4.8-1ubuntu1.1
security universe 4.8-1ubuntu1.1
updates main 4.8-1ubuntu1.1

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Version: 4.8-1ubuntu1.1 2024-10-15 17:07:25 UTC

  nano (4.8-1ubuntu1.1) focal-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Emergency file could be replaced by a malicious symlink.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2024-5742.patch: Use fchmod and fchown in write_file()
      in src/files.c instead of using chmod and chown in emergency_save() in
      src/nano.c. Add EMERGENCY write type in kind_of_writing_type enum in
      src/nano.h. Update fd in write_file() in src/files.c. Based on upstream.
    - CVE-2024-5742

 -- Hlib Korzhynskyy <email address hidden> Wed, 09 Oct 2024 17:50:23 -0230
CVE-2024-5742 A vulnerability was found in GNU Nano that allows a possible privilege escalation through an insecure temporary file. If Nano is killed while editing


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