Debian Security Advisory - When joe (Joe's Own Editor) dies due to a signal instead of a normal exit it saves a list of the files it is editing to a file called DEADJOE in its current directory. Unfortunately this wasn't done safely which made joe vulnerable to a symlink attack.
Debian Security Advisory - When joe (Joe's Own Editor) dies due to a signal instead of a normal exit it saves a list of the files it is editing to a file called DEADJOE in its current directory. Unfortunately this wasn't done safely which made joe vulnerable to a symlink attack.