Upstream information

CVE-2010-1160 at MITRE

Description

GNU nano before 2.2.4 does not verify whether a file has been changed before it is overwritten in a file-save operation, which allows local user-assisted attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an attacker-owned file that is being edited by the victim.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently not rated by SUSE as it is not affecting the SUSE Enterprise products.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 1.9
Vector AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 596831 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Leap 15.0
  • nano >= 2.9.6-lp150.1.1
  • nano-lang >= 2.9.6-lp150.1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Leap 15.0 GA nano-2.9.6-lp150.1.1
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • nano >= 2.7.1-1.1
  • nano-lang >= 2.7.1-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10435

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 16:56:41 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:16:14 2025