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Package "nano"

Name: nano

Description:

small, friendly text editor inspired by Pico
Latest version: 6.2-1ubuntu0.1
Release: jammy (22.04)
Level: security
Repository: main
Homepage: https://www.nano-editor.org/

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Version: 6.2-1ubuntu0.1 2024-10-15 15:08:39 UTC

  nano (6.2-1ubuntu0.1) jammy-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/definitions.h. Update fd in write_file() in src/files.c. Based on
      upstream.
    - CVE-2024-5742

 -- Hlib Korzhynskyy <email address hidden> Thu, 10 Oct 2024 11:09:30 -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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