Mozilla < 0.9 Predictable Temporary File Name File Deletion (deprecated)

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Mozilla Predictable Temporary File Symbolic Link Arbitrary File Overwrite (deprecated)

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DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0231

Multiple vulnerabilities in Midnight Commander mc before 4.6.0, with unknown impact, related to "Insecure temporary file and directory creations."...

RHEL 2.1 : semi (RHSA-2004:344)

Updated semi packages that fix vulnerabilities in flim temporary file handling are now available. The semi package includes a MIME library for GNU Emacs and XEmacs used by the wl mail package. Tatsuya Kinoshita discovered a vulnerability in flim, an emacs library for working with Internet message...

Bugzilla XSS / Insecure Temporary File Names

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Oracle MySQL Mysqlhotcopy Script Insecure Temporary File Creation

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KDE Security Advisories: Temporary File and Konqueror Frame Injection Vulnerabilities

Three security advisories have been issued today for KDE. The first advisory concerns the unsafe handling of KDE's temporary directory in certain circumstances. The second advisory relates to the unsafe creation of temporary files by KDE 3.2.x's dcopserver . The third advisory is about a frame...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : tetex (MDKSA-2001:086)

A problem was discovered in the temporary file handling capabilities of some teTeX filters by zen-parse. These filters are used as print filters automatically when printing .dvi files using lpr. This can lead to elevated privileges. This update relies on the updated mktemp packages for 7.x in...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : samba (MDKSA-2001:040-1)

A vulnerability found by Marcus Meissner exists in Samba where it was not creating temporary files safely which could allow local users to overwrite files that they may not have access to. This happens when a remote user queried a printer queue and samba would create a temporary file in which the...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : nedit (MDKSA-2001:042)

A temporary file vulnerability exists in NEdit, the Nirvana Editor. When printing the entire text or selected parts of the text within the editor, nedit creates a temporary file in an insecure manner. This could be exploited to gain access to other user privileges including root. %NASLMINLEVEL...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mc (MDKSA-2004:039)

Several vulnerabilities in Midnight Commander were found by Jacub Jelinek. This includes several buffer overflows CVE-2004-0226, as well as a format string issue CVE-2004-0232, and an issue with temporary file and directory creation CVE-2004-0231. Most of the included fixes are backports from CVS...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : netpbm (MDKSA-2004:011-1)

A number of temporary file bugs have been found in versions of NetPBM. These could allow a local user the ability to overwrite or create files as a different user who happens to run one of the the vulnerable utilities. Update : The patch applied made some calls to the mktemp utility with an...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mm (MDKSA-2002:045)

Marcus Meissner and Sebastian Krahmer discovered a temporary file vulnerability in the mm library which is used by the Apache webserver. This vulnerability can be exploited to obtain root privilege if shell access to the apache user typically apache or nobody is already obtained. %NASLMINLEVEL...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : rpmdrake (MDKSA-2001:043)

A temporary file vulnerability exists in rpmdrake. This updated rpmdrake corrects the problem. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2001:043. The text itself is...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xine-ui (MDKSA-2004:033)

Shaun Colley discovered a temporary file vulnerability in the xine-check script packaged in xine-ui. This problem could allow local attackers to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the script. The updated packages change the location of where temporary files are...

Fedora Core 1 : mc-4.6.0-14.10 (2004-112)

Several buffer overflows, several temporary file creation vulnerabilities, and one format string vulnerability have been discovered in Midnight Commander. These vulnerabilities were discovered mostly by Andrew V. Samoilov and Pavel Roskin. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project...

IM-Switch - Insecure Temporary File Handling Symbolic Link

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10717/info IM-Switch Insecure Temporary File Handling Symbolic Link VulnerabilityIt is reported that im-switch is prone to a local insecure temporary file handling symbolic link vulnerability. This issue is due to a design error that allows the applicatio...

IM-Switch - Insecure Temporary File Handling Symbolic Link

IM-Switch - Insecure Temporary File Handling Symbolic Link source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10717/info IM-Switch Insecure Temporary File Handling Symbolic Link VulnerabilityIt is reported that im-switch is prone to a local insecure temporary file handling symbolic link vulnerability. Thi...

Sun Java Virtual Machine 1.x - 'Font.createFont' Method Insecure Temporary File Creation

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10685/info Sun Java Virtual Machine is a component of the Sun Java infrastructure that performs the handling of Java applets and other programs. It is available for Unix, Linux, and Microsoft platforms. Sun Java Virtual Machine is prone to an insecure...

RHEL 2.1 / 3 : sysstat (RHSA-2004:053)

Updated sysstat packages that fix various bugs and security issues are now available. Sysstat is a tool for gathering system statistics. Isag is a utility for graphically displaying these statistics. A bug was found in the Red Hat sysstat package post and trigger scripts, which used insecure...