CVE-2008-1687

The 1 maketemp and 2 mkstemp builtin functions in GNU m4 before 1.4.11 do not quote their output when a file is created, which might allow context-dependent attackers to trigger a macro expansion, leading to unspecified use of an incorrect filename...

Fedora 7 : id3lib-3.8.3-17.fc7 (2007-1774)

This security update fixes a minor tempfile creation security issue CVE-2007-4460 by using mkstemp bugzilla 253553 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format i...

Multiple mutt tempfile race conditions

Race condition in the safeopen function in the Mutt mail client 1.5.12 and earlier, when creating temporary files in an NFS filesystem, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files due to limitations of the use of the OEXCL flag on NFS filesystems...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : kdeedu (MDKSA-2005:159)

Ben Burton notified the KDE security team about several tempfile handling related vulnerabilities in langen2kvtml, a conversion script for kvoctrain. This vulnerability was initially discovered by Javier Fernndez-Sanguino Pea. The script uses known filenames in /tmp which allow an local attacker ...

[Full-disclosure] SimpleCDR-X - Insecure tempfile handling

SimpleCDR-X - Insecure tempfile handling +----------------------------------------+ Date: 2005-09-15 URL: http://ogre.rocky-road.net/cdr.shtml Vendor Notified: Days ago, no answer. Version: 1.3.3 latest - Description - Files beeing recorded can be read by any user on the system due to insecure...

Debian DSA-787-1 : backup-manager - insecure permissions and tempfile

Two bugs have been found in backup-manager, a command-line driven backup utility. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CAN-2005-1855 Jeroen Vermeulen discovered that backup files are created with default permissions making them world readable, eve...

[SECURITY] [DSA 787-1] New backup-manager package fixes several vulnerabilities

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 787-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze August 26th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[SECURITY] [DSA 787-1] New backup-manager package fixes several vulnerabilities

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 787-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze August 26th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

DSA-787-1 backup-manager - insecure permissions and tempfile

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Fedora Core 4 : kdeedu-3.4.2-0.fc4.2 (2005-744)

Ben Burton notified the KDE security team about several tempfile handling related vulnerabilities in langen2kvtml, a conversion script for kvoctrain. The script must be manually invoked. The script uses known filenames in /tmp which allow an local attacker to overwrite files writeable by the user...

Fedora Core 3 : kdeedu-3.4.2-0.fc3.2 (2005-745)

Ben Burton notified the KDE security team about several tempfile handling related vulnerabilities in langen2kvtml, a conversion script for kvoctrain. The script must be manually invoked. The script uses known filenames in /tmp which allow an local attacker to overwrite files writeable by the user...

Debian DSA-704-1 : remstats - tempfile, missing input sanitising

Jens Steube discovered several vulnerabilities in remstats, the remote statistics system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CAN-2005-0387 When processing uptime data on the unix-server a temporary file is opened in an insecure fashion which cou...

[SECURITY] [DSA 704-1] New remstats packages fix several vulnerabilities

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 704-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze April 4th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[SECURITY] [DSA 704-1] New remstats packages fix several vulnerabilities

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 704-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze April 4th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[Full-disclosure] [SECURITY] [DSA 704-1] New remstats packages fix several vulnerabilities

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GLSA-200411-22 : Davfs2, lvm-user: Insecure tempfile handling

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200411-22 Davfs2, lvm-user: Insecure tempfile handling Florian Schilhabel from the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team found that Davfs2 insecurely created .pid files in /tmp. Furthermore, Trustix Secure Linux found that the...

GLSA-200411-17 : mtink: Insecure tempfile handling

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200411-17 mtink: Insecure tempfile handling Tavis Ormandy from Gentoo Linux discovered that mtink uses insecure permissions on temporary files. Impact : A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary files directory...

Davfs2, lvm-user: Insecure tempfile handling

Background Davfs2 is a file system driver that allows you to mount a WebDAV server as a local disk drive. lvm-user is a package providing userland utilities for LVM Logical Volume Management 1.x features. Description Florian Schilhabel from the Gentoo Linux Security Audit Team found that Davfs2...

mtink: Insecure tempfile handling

Background mtink is a status monitor and inkjet cartridge changer for some Epson printers. Description Tavis Ormandy from Gentoo Linux discovered that mtink uses insecure permissions on temporary files. Impact A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary files directory, pointing...

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...