Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: net-snmp security update

Updated net-snmp packages that fix two security issues and various bugs are now available. This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol is a protocol used for network management. A denial of service bug was...

[SECURITY] [DSA 843-1] New arc packages fix insecure temporary files

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 843-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze October 5th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Debian DSA-839-1 : apachetop - insecure temporary file

Eric Romang discovered an insecurely created temporary file in apachetop, a realtime monitoring tool for the Apache webserver that could be exploited with a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files with the user id that runs apachetop. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The...

Debian DSA-843-1 : arc - insecure temporary file

Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in the ARC archive program under Unix. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CAN-2005-2945 Eric Romang discovered that the ARC archive program under Unix creates a temporary file with insecure permissions...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : lm_sensors (MDKSA-2005:149)

Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena discovered that the pwmconfig script in the lmsensors package created temporary files in an insecure manner. This could allow a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with full root privileges because pwmconfig is typically executed by root. The updat...

RHEL 3 : ghostscript (RHSA-2005:081)

Updated ghostscript packages that fix a PDF output issue and a temporary file security bug are now available. This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Ghostscript is a program for displaying PostScript files or printing them to non-PostScript...

GLSA-200509-21 : Hylafax: Insecure temporary file creation in xferfaxstats script

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200509-21 Hylafax: Insecure temporary file creation in xferfaxstats script Javier Fernandez-Sanguino has discovered that xferfaxstats cron script supplied by Hylafax insecurely creates temporary files with predictable filenames...

Debian DSA-822-1 : gtkdiskfree - insecure temporary file creation

Eric Romang discovered that gtkdiskfree, a GNOME program that shows free and used space on filesystems, creates a temporary file in an insecure fashion. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debian Security...

DSA-843-1 arc - insecure temporary file

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Debian DSA-827-1 : backupninja - insecure temporary file

Moritz Muehlenhoff discovered the handler code for backupninja creates a temporary file with a predictable filename, leaving it vulnerable to a symlink attack. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debian...

GLSA-200510-01 : gtkdiskfree: Insecure temporary file creation

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200510-01 gtkdiskfree: Insecure temporary file creation Eric Romang discovered that gtkdiskfree insecurely creates a predictable temporary file to handle command output. Impact : A local attacker could create a symbolic link in th...

[SECURITY] [DSA 839-1] New apachetop packages fix insecure temporary file

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 839-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze October 4th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

[SECURITY] [DSA 839-1] New apachetop packages fix insecure temporary file

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 839-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze October 4th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

DSA-839-1 apachetop - insecure temporary file

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gtkdiskfree: Insecure temporary file creation

Background gtkdiskfree is a GTK-based GUI to show free disk space. Description Eric Romang discovered that gtkdiskfree insecurely creates a predictable temporary file to handle command output. Impact A local attacker could create a symbolic link in the temporary files directory, pointing to a val...

backupninka symbolic links problem

Symbolic links problem on temporary file creation...

cfengine -- arbitrary file overwriting vulnerability

A Debian Security Advisory reports: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña discovered several insecure temporary file uses in cfengine, a tool for configuring and maintaining networked machines, that can be exploited by a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files owned by the user executing cfengine,...

apachetop insecure temporary file creation

apachetop insecure temporary file creation Vendor: http://clueful.shagged.org/apachetop/ Advisory: http://www.zataz.net/adviso/apachetop-09022005.txt Vendor informed: yes Exploit available: yes Impact : low Exploitation : low The vulnerability is caused due to temporary file being created...

Hylafax: Insecure temporary file creation in xferfaxstats script

Background Hylafax is a client-server fax package for class 1 and 2 fax modems. Description Javier Fernandez-Sanguino has discovered that xferfaxstats cron script supplied by Hylafax insecurely creates temporary files with predictable filenames. Impact A local attacker could create symbolic links...

[SECURITY] [DSA 827-1] New backupninja packages fix insecure temporary file

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 827-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Michael Stone September 29th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...