groff -- groffer uses temporary files unsafely

The groffer script in the groff package 1.18 and later versions allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on temporary files...

Debian DSA-343-1 : skk, ddskk - insecure temporary file

skk Simple Kana to Kanji conversion program, does not take appropriate security precautions when creating temporary files. This bug could potentially be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running Emacs and skk. ddskk is derived from the same code, and contains...

Debian DSA-323-1 : noweb - insecure temporary files

Jakob Lell discovered a bug in the 'noroff' script included in noweb whereby a temporary file was created insecurely. During a review, several other instances of this problem were found and fixed. Any of these bugs could be exploited by a local user to overwrite arbitrary files owned by the user...

Debian DSA-305-1 : sendmail - insecure temporary files

Paul Szabo discovered bugs in three scripts included in the sendmail package where temporary files were created insecurely expn, checksendmail and doublebounce.pl. These bugs could allow an attacker to gain the privileges of a user invoking the script including root. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable...

Debian DSA-483-1 : mysql - insecure temporary file creation

Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in mysql, a common database system. Two scripts contained in the package don't create temporary files in a secure fashion. This could allow a local attacker to overwrite files with the privileges of the user invoking the MySQL server, which is often the ro...

Debian DSA-202-1 : im - insecure temporary files

Tatsuya Kinoshita discovered that IM, which contains interface commands and Perl libraries for E-mail and NetNews, creates temporary files insecurely. - The impwagent program creates a temporary directory in an insecure manner in /tmp using predictable directory names without checking the return...

Debian DSA-188-1 : apache-ssl - several vulnerabilities

According to David Wagner, iDEFENSE and the Apache HTTP Server Project, several vulnerabilities have been found in the Apache package, a commonly used webserver. Most of the code is shared between the Apache and Apache-SSL packages, so vulnerabilities are shared as well. These vulnerabilities cou...

Debian DSA-159-1 : python - insecure temporary files

Zack Weinberg discovered an insecure use of a temporary file in os.execvpe from os.py. It uses a predictable name which could lead execution of arbitrary code. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Debian...

Debian DSA-325-1 : eldav - insecure temporary file

eldav, a WebDAV client for Emacs, creates temporary files without taking appropriate security precautions. This vulnerability could be exploited by a local user to create or overwrite files with the privileges of the user running emacs and eldav. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, In...

Debian DSA-046-2 : exuberant-ctags

Colin Phipps discovered that the exuberant-ctags packages as distributed with Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 creates temporary files insecurely. This has been fixed in version 1:3.2.4-0.1 of the Debian package, and upstream version 3.5. Note: DSA-046-1 included an incorrectly compiled sparc package, which...

Debian DSA-118-1 : xsane - insecure temporary files

Tim Waugh found several insecure uses of temporary files in the xsane program, which is used for scanning. This was fixed for Debian/stable by moving those files into a securely created directory within the /tmp directory. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text...

FreeBSD : webmin -- insecure temporary file creation at installation time (199)

The following package needs to be updated: webmin %NASLMINLEVEL 999999 @DEPRECATED@ This script has been deprecated by freebsdpkgae7b7f6505c711d9b45d000c41e2cdad.nasl. Disabled on 2011/10/02. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. This script contains information extracted from VuXML : Copyright...

StarOffice/OpenOffice symbolic links vulnerability

symlink problem during temporary files creation...

postgresql-contrib -- insecure temporary file creation

The makeoidjoinscheck script in the PostgreSQL RDBMS has insecure handling of temporary files, which could lead to an attacker overwriting arbitrary files with the credentials of the user running the makeoidjoinscheck script...

DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0851

The 1 writelist and 2 dumpcurrlist functions in Net-Acct before 0.71 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files...

Net-Acct symbolic links problem

Symbolic links problem on temporary files creation in "writelist" and "dumpcurrlist" functions...

KDE DCOPServer insecurely creates temporary files

Overview KDE DCOPServer insecurely creates and maintains temporary files used for authentication purposes. Unauthorized local users may be able to modify user account information and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the compromised account. Description The Desktop COmmunications...

webmin -- insecure temporary file creation at installation time

The Webmin developers documented a security issue in the release notes for version 1.160: Fixed a security hole in the maketemp.pl script, used to create the /tmp/.webmin directory at install time. If an un-trusted user creates this directory before Webmin is installed, he could create in it a...

CVE-2003-0924

netpbm 9.25 and earlier does not properly create temporary files, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files...

CVE-2003-0924

CVE-2003-0924 concerns NetPBM immediately prior to version 10.0, where utilities create temporary files with predictable names, enabling a local attacker to overwrite files with the invoking user’s privileges. Public reports summarize effects across multiple distributions (Debian DSA-426, Red Hat...