CVE-2005-2656

Publication date 6 September 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

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Description

Polygen before 1.0.6 generates precompiled grammar objects with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) and possibly perform other unauthorized activities.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
polygen 7.04 feisty
Not affected
6.10 edgy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

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