CVE-2005-0099

Publication date 8 March 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

The SDL port of abuse (abuse-SDL) before 2.00 does not properly drop privileges before creating certain files, which allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
abuse-sdl 7.04 feisty
Not affected
6.10 edgy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

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