RLSA-2024:9430

Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:9430
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2024:9430.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2024:9430
Related
Published
2025-03-17T20:16:43.608626Z
Modified
2025-03-17T20:18:42.268568Z
Summary
Low: nano security update
Details

GNU nano is a small and friendly text editor.

Security Fix(es):

  • nano: running chmod and chown on the filename allows malicious user to replace the emergency file with a malicious symlink to a root-owned file (CVE-2024-5742)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 9.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:9 / nano

Package

Name
nano
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/nano?distro=rocky-linux-9&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:5.6.1-6.el9