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CVE-2006-0055
The ispellop function in ee on FreeBSD 4.10 to 6.0 uses predictable filenames and does not confirm which file is being written, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack when ee invokes ispell...
texindex -- temporary file privilege escalation
Problem description The "sortoffline" function used by texindex1 employs the "maketempname" function, which produces predictable file names and fails to validate that the paths do not exist. Impact These predictable temporary file names are problematic because they allow an attacker to take...
ee -- temporary file privilege escalation
Problem description The ispellop function used by ee1 while executing spell check operations employs an insecure method of temporary file generation. This method produces predictable file names based on the process ID and fails to confirm which path will be over written with the user. It should b...
FreeBSD-SA-06:02.ee
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-06:02.ee Security Advisory The FreeBSD Project Topic: ee temporary file privilege escalation Category: core Module: ee Announced: 2006-01-11 Credits: Christian...
CVE-2006-0114
The vCard functions in Joomla! 1.0.5 use predictable sequential IDs for vcards and do not restrict access to them, which allows remote attackers to obtain valid e-mail addresses to conduct spam attacks by modifying the contactid parameter to index2.php...
CVE-2005-4536
Mail::Audit module in libmail-audit-perl 2.1-5, when logging is enabled without a default log file specified, uses predictable log filenames, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the PID-audit.log temporary file...
CVE-2005-4536
Mail::Audit module in libmail-audit-perl 2.1-5, when logging is enabled without a default log file specified, uses predictable log filenames, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the PID-audit.log temporary file...
CVE-2005-4730
Unspecified vulnerability in PEAR TextPassword 1.0 has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to "problematic seeding" of the random number generator, possibly predictable seeds...
GLSA-200511-19 : eix: Insecure temporary file creation
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200511-19 eix: Insecure temporary file creation Eric Romang discovered that eix creates a temporary file with a predictable name. eix creates a temporary file in /tmp/eix..sync where is the process ID of the shell running eix...
eix: Insecure temporary file creation
Background eix is a small utility for searching ebuilds with indexing for fast results. Description Eric Romang discovered that eix creates a temporary file with a predictable name. eix creates a temporary file in /tmp/eix..sync where is the process ID of the shell running eix. Impact A local...
MySQL mysqlhotcopy script insecure temporary file
You are running a version of MySQL which is older than version 4.0.21. mysqlhotcopy is reported to contain an insecure temporary file creation vulnerability. The result of this is that temporary files created by the application may use predictable filenames. A local attacker may also possibly...
GLSA-200510-04 : Texinfo: Insecure temporary file creation
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200510-04 Texinfo: Insecure temporary file creation Frank Lichtenheld has discovered that the 'sortoffline' function in texindex insecurely creates temporary files with predictable filenames. Impact : A local attacker could create...
security flaw
mysqlinstalldb in MySQL 4.1.x before 4.1.12 and 5.x up to 5.0.4 creates the mysqlinstalldb.X file with a predictable filename and insecure permissions, which allows local users to execute arbitrary SQL commands by modifying the file's contents...
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...
Texinfo: Insecure temporary file creation
Background Texinfo is the official documentation system created by the GNU project. Description Frank Lichtenheld has discovered that the "sortoffline" function in texindex insecurely creates temporary files with predictable filenames. Impact A local attacker could create symbolic links in the...
Berkeley MPEG Tools: Multiple insecure temporary files
Background The Berkeley MPEG Tools are a collection of utilities for manipulating MPEG video technology, including an encoder mpegencode and various conversion utilities. Description Mike Frysinger of the Gentoo Security Team discovered that mpegencode and the conversion utilities were creating...
CVE-2005-3111
The handler code for backupninja 0.8 and earlier creates temporary files with predictable filenames, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack...
CVE-2005-3111
The handler code for backupninja 0.8 and earlier creates temporary files with predictable filenames, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack...
