CVE-2001-0481

Mandrake Linux 8.0 is affected by a vulnerability in rpmdrake related to insecure temporary file handling (CVE-2001-0481). The connected Nessus advisory MDKSA-2001:043 confirms a temporary-file vulnerability in rpmdrake and provides an updated rpmdrake package to fix it. The NVD entry mirrors the...

CVE-2001-0481: Undefined Security Weakness

Vulnerability in rpmdrake in Mandrake Linux 8.0 related to insecure temporary file handling...

LPRng 3.6.x - Failure To Drop Supplementary Groups

LPRng 3.6.x - Failure To Drop Supplementary Groups / source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2865/info The LPRng software is an enhanced, extended, and portable implementation of the Berkeley LPR print spooler functionality. When the LPRng daemon is initialized, it fails to drop its supplementa...

FreeBSD-SA-00:01.make

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-00:01 Security Advisory FreeBSD, Inc. Topic: Insecure temporary file handling in make1 Category: core Module: make Announced: 2000-01-19 Affects: All versions before the...

IBM AIX eNetwork Firewall 3.23.3 - Insecure Temporary File Creation

IBM AIX eNetwork Firewall 3.23.3 - Insecure Temporary File Creation soure: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/287/info IBM's eNetwork Firewall for AIX contains a number of vulnerability in scripts which manipulate files insecurely. When fwlsuser script is run it creates a temporary file called...

IBM AIX eNetwork Firewall 3.2/3.3 - Insecure Temporary File Creation

soure: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/287/info IBM's eNetwork Firewall for AIX contains a number of vulnerability in scripts which manipulate files insecurely. When fwlsuser script is run it creates a temporary file called /tmp/fwlsuser.PID where PID is the process ID of the command being run...

IBM AIX 4.2.1 - 'snap' Insecure Temporary File Creation

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/375/info The snap command is a diagnostic utlitiy for gathering system information on AIX platforms. It can only be executed by root, but it copies various system files into /tmp/ibmsupt/ under /tmp/ibmsupt/general/ you will find the passwd file with...

Slackware Linux 3.4 - netconfig Temporary File

Slackware Linux 3.4 - netconfig Temporary File source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81/info netconfig creates the file /tmp/tmpmsg insecurely and follows symbolic links. An attacker can create a symbolic link from /tmp/tmpmsg to any file and wait for root to run the program. This will clober...

Slackware Linux 3.4 - makebootdisk Temporary File

Slackware Linux 3.4 - makebootdisk Temporary File source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78/info makebootdisk creates the file /tmp/return insecurely and follows symbolic links. An attacker can create a symbolic link from /tmp/return to any file and wait for root to run the program. This will...