Code injection

PADL MigrationTools 46 creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary files, which are not properly created by 1 migrateallonline.sh, 2 migratealloffline.sh, 3 migrateallnetinfoonline.sh, 4 migrateallnetinfooffline.s...

DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0512

PADL MigrationTools 46 creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary files, which are not properly created by 1 migrateallonline.sh, 2 migratealloffline.sh, 3 migrateallnetinfoonline.sh, 4 migrateallnetinfooffline.s...

CVE-2006-0512

PADL MigrationTools 46 creates temporary files insecurely, enabling a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks in migrate_all_online.sh, migrate_all_offline.sh, migrate_all_netinfo_online.sh, migrate_all_netinfo_offline.sh, migrate_all_nis_online.sh, migrate_all_nis_offline...

CVE-2006-0512

PADL MigrationTools 46 creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary files, which are not properly created by 1 migrateallonline.sh, 2 migratealloffline.sh, 3 migrateallnetinfoonline.sh, 4 migrateallnetinfooffline.s...

CVE-2006-0512

PADL MigrationTools 46 creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary files, which are not properly created by 1 migrateallonline.sh, 2 migratealloffline.sh, 3 migrateallnetinfoonline.sh, 4 migrateallnetinfooffline.s...

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

CVE-2005-4536 affects the Mail::Audit Perl module (libmail-audit-perl). The issue is that when logging is enabled, the module creates temporary files with predictable names, enabling a local attacker to overwrite files via a symlink attack on the [PID]-audit.log file. Debian advisories and OpenVA...

CVE-2005-4691

imake in NetBSD before 2.0.3, NetBSD-current before 12 September 2005, certain versions of X.Org, and certain versions of XFree86 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary file for the file.0 target, which is used for a pre-formatted manual page...

CVE-2005-4691

CVE-2005-4691 covers a local privilege issue in imake across NetBSD (before 2.0.3 and NetBSD-current before 2005-09-12) and certain X.Org/XFree86 versions. The vulnerability arises from a symlink attack on the temporary file used for the file.0 target, allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary...

Ubuntu 5.04 : inkscape vulnerability (USN-223-1)

Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena discovered that Inkscape's ps2epsi.sh script, which converts PostScript files to Encapsulated PostScript format, creates a temporary file in an insecure way. A local attacker could exploit this with a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the...

CVE-2005-3126

The 1 kantiword kantiword.sh and 2 gantiword gantiword.sh scripts in antiword 0.35 and earlier allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary a output and b error files...

CVE-2005-3126

The 1 kantiword kantiword.sh and 2 gantiword gantiword.sh scripts in antiword 0.35 and earlier allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary a output and b error files...

CVE-2005-3126

The CVE-2005-3126 issue affects antiword scripts (kantiword.sh and gantiword.sh) in antiword up to version 0.35 and earlier. A symlink-based insecure temporary file creation in the scripts allows local attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via temporary output and error files. Debian DSAs (DSA-9...

Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 : texinfo vulnerability (USN-194-1)

Frank Lichtenheld discovered that the 'texindex' program created temporary files in an insecure manner. This could allow a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running texindex. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding...

Ubuntu 4.10 : lvm10 vulnerability (USN-15-1)

Recently, Trustix Secure Linux discovered a vulnerability in a supplemental script of the lvm10 package. The program 'lvmcreateinitrd' created a temporary directory in an insecure way, which could allow a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoki...

Ubuntu 4.10 : perl vulnerabilities (USN-16-1)

Recently, Trustix Secure Linux discovered some vulnerabilities in the perl package. The utility 'instmodsh', the Perl package 'PPPort.pm', and several test scripts which are not shipped and only used during build created temporary files in an insecure way, which could allow a symlink attack to...

Ubuntu 4.10 : sharutils vulnerability (USN-104-1)

Joey Hess discovered that 'unshar' created temporary files in an insecure manner. This could allow a symbolic link attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the program. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block...

Ubuntu 4.10 : GhostScript utility script vulnerabilities (USN-3-1)

Recently, Trustix Secure Linux discovered some vulnerabilities in the gs-common package. The utilities 'pv.sh' and 'ps2epsi' created temporary files in an insecure way, which allowed a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the program. Note...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : mozilla-firefox (MDKSA-2005:173)

New updates are available for Mozilla Firefox : A regression in the LE2005 Firefox package caused problems with cursor movement that has been fixed. The run-mozilla.sh script, with debugging enabled, would allow local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary...

Ubuntu 4.10 : debmake vulnerability (USN-49-1)

Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena noticed that the debstd script from debmake, a deprecated helper package for Debian packaging, created temporary directories in an insecure manner. This could allow a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the...