CVE-2002-0213

CVE-2002-0213 affects SGI Xinet K-AShare (IRIX) 0.011.01. The vulnerability arises from a symlink attack on the VOLICON file, which is copied to the world-writable .HSicon directory in a shared path. This enables local users to read arbitrary files. The SGI advisory notes the issue as fixed in th...

CVE-2002-0795

The rc system startup script for FreeBSD 4 through 4.5 allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on X Windows lock files...

CVE-2002-1517

fsrefs in IRIX 6.5 allows local users to conduct unauthorized file activities via a symlink attack, possibly via the .fsrlast file...

CVE-2002-0678

CVE-2002-0678 relates to the CDE ToolTalk RPC database server (rpc.ttdbserverd). The OpenVAS/CERT CORE disclosures describe two vulnerabilities: (1) _TT_ISCLOSE range-check flaw permitting memory overwriting of the process when a local or remote client calls _TT_ISCLOSE; (2) _TT_TRANSACTION/log_f...

CVE-2002-0887

scoadmin for Caldera/SCO OpenServer 5.0.5 and 5.0.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, as demonstrated using log files...

CVE-2002-0795

CVE-2002-0795 affects the FreeBSD rc startup script (FreeBSD 4–4.5). The root cause is a symlink attack on X Window system lock files that allows local users to delete arbitrary files. Exploitation details are not provided in the available documents, so the exact steps and vulnerable files are no...

CVE-2002-0174

nsd on SGI IRIX before 6.5.11 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the nsd.dump file...

CVE-2002-0824

CVE-2002-0824 affects BSD pppd, where a symlink attack on a file specified as a tty device allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary files. The description states this is a local privilege/subversion of permissions vulnerability, but the connected documents do not provide additional t...

CVE-2001-1378

The CVE-2001-1378 issue affects fetchmailconf in fetchmail prior to 5.7.4, where a symlink attack on temporary files allows local users to overwrite files owned by other users. The root cause is improper handling of temporary files during configuration, enabling a local, non-privileged user to le...

CVE-2002-1516

rpcbind in SGI IRIX, when using the -w command line switch, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack...

CVE-2002-0157

Nautilus 1.0.4 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .nautilus-metafile.xml metadata file...

CVE-2002-0157

Nautilus 1.0.4 and earlier are affected by CVE-2002-0157 due to a symlink-attack in the creation of the .nautilus-metafile.xml metadata file. A local attacker can cause overwrites of arbitrary files in a target directory by exploiting an unchecked symlink when Nautilus copies files between direct...

CVE-2002-0213

xkas in Xinet K-AShare 0.011.01 for IRIX allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the VOLICON file, which is copied to the .HSicon file in a shared directory...

CVE-2002-1550

dumpsmutil.sh in IBM AIX allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files...

CVE-2002-1512

xbru in BRU Workstation 17.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the xbrudscheck.dd temporary file...

CVE-2002-1512

BRU Workstation 17.0 is affected by CVE-2002-1512 due to a symlink attack on the xbru_dscheck.dd temporary file, enabling local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root privileges. The vulnerability arises from the described local access path and the resulting potential for privilege esca...

CVE-2003-0120

adb2mhc in the mhc-utils package before 0.25+20010625-7.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a default temporary directory with a predictable name...

CVE-2003-0120

adb2mhc in the mhc-utils package before 0.25+20010625-7.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a default temporary directory with a predictable name...

DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0120

adb2mhc in the mhc-utils package before 0.25+20010625-7.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a default temporary directory with a predictable name...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: python security update

An insecure use of a temporary file has been found in Python. Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language. Zack Weinberg discovered that os.execvpe from os.py in Python 2.2.1 and earlier creates temporary files with predictable names. This could allow local users t...