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mod_dosevasive -- insecure temporary file creation
An LSS Security Advisory reports: When a denial of service attack is detected, moddosevasive will, among other things, create a temporary file which it will use to trace actions from the offensive IP address. This file is insecurely created in /tmp and it's name is easily predictable. It is then...
CVE-2004-2643
Directory traversal vulnerability in Microsoft cabarc allows remote attackers to overwrite files via "../" sequences in file names in a CAB archive...
a2ps -- insecure temporary file creation
A Secunia Security Advisory reports that Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña has found temporary file creation vulnerabilities in the fixps and psmandup scripts which are part of a2ps. These vulnerabilities could lead to an attacker overwriting arbitrary files with the credentials of the user running...
[SECURITY] [DSA 615-1] New debmake package fixes insecure temporary directories
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 615-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze December 22nd, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...
DSA-615-1 debmake - insecure temporary file
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Opera 7 multiple bugs
Crossite scripting including local zone, local files access, mail access, user activity tracking, etc. Buffer overflow. Directory traversal. Files overwriting. Local files access with Location overwriting. Multiple Java bugs...
GNU Wget 1.x - Multiple Vulnerabilities
GNU Wget 1.x - Multiple Vulnerabilities source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11871/info Multiple remote vulnerabilities reportedly affect GNU wget. These issues are due to the application's failure to properly sanitize user-supplied input and to properly validate the presence of files before...
GNU Wget 1.x - Multiple Vulnerabilities
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11871/info Multiple remote vulnerabilities reportedly affect GNU wget. These issues are due to the application's failure to properly sanitize user-supplied input and to properly validate the presence of files before writing to them. The issues include: - ...
GLSA-200412-05 : mirrorselect: Insecure temporary file creation
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200412-05 mirrorselect: Insecure temporary file creation Ervin Nemeth discovered that mirrorselect creates temporary files in world-writable directories with predictable names. Impact : A local attacker could create symbolic links...
CVE-2004-1027
Directory traversal vulnerability in the -x extract command line option in unarj allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via an arj archive with filenames that contain .. dot dot sequences...
CVE-2004-1027
Directory traversal vulnerability in the -x extract command line option in unarj allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via an arj archive with filenames that contain .. dot dot sequences...
OpenSSL, Groff: Insecure tempfile handling
Background OpenSSL is a toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer and Transport Layer Security protocols as well as a general-purpose cryptography library. It includes the derchop script, which is used to convert DER-encoded certificates to PEM format. Groff GNU Troff is a typesetting package...
Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : netatalk (MDKSA-2004:121)
The etc2ps.sh script, part of the netatalk package, creates files in /tmp with predicatable names which could allow a local attacker to use symbolic links to point to a valid file on the filesystem which could lead to the overwriting of arbitrary files if etc2ps.sh is executed by someone with...
GLSA-200410-25 : Netatalk: Insecure tempfile handling in etc2ps.sh
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200410-25 Netatalk: Insecure tempfile handling in etc2ps.sh The etc2ps.sh script creates temporary files in world-writeable directories with predictable names. Impact : A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary...
security flaw
The mysqlhotcopy script in mysql 4.0.20 and earlier, when using the scp method from the mysql-server package, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files...
ghostscript -- insecure temporary file creation vulnerability
Ghostscript is affected by an insecure temporary file creation vulnerability. This issue is likely due to a design error that causes the application to fail to verify the existence of a file before writing to it. An attacker may leverage this issue to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges...
GLSA-200410-02 : Netpbm: Multiple temporary file issues
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200410-02 Netpbm: Multiple temporary file issues Utilities contained in the Netpbm package prior to the 9.25 version contain defects in temporary file handling. They create temporary files with predictable names without checking...
Netpbm: Multiple temporary file issues
Background Netpbm is a toolkit containing more than 200 separate utilities for manipulation and conversion of graphic images. Description Utilities contained in the Netpbm package prior to the 9.25 version contain defects in temporary file handling. They create temporary files with predictable...
Debian DSA-292-3 : mime-support - insecure temporary file creation
Colin Phipps discovered several problems in mime-support, that contains support programs for the MIME control files 'mime.types' and 'mailcap'. When a temporary file is to be used it is created insecurely, allowing an attacker to overwrite arbitrary under the user id of the person executing...