CVE 2005-1119

Sudo VISudo 1.6.8 and earlier allows local users to corrupt arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Related bugs and status

CVE-2005-1119 (Candidate) is related to these bugs:

Bug #16700: visudo: please use /tmp or other location for temporary file

Summary				In	Importance	Status
	16700	visudo: please use /tmp or other location for temporary file		sudo (Ubuntu)	Low	Won't Fix
	16700	visudo: please use /tmp or other location for temporary file		sudo (Debian)	Unknown	Fix Released

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CVE page on Mitre.org for more details.