CVE-2002-0887

CVE-2002-0887 affects scoadmin on Caldera/SCO OpenServer 5.0.5 and 5.0.6. The vulnerability is a symlink attack on temporary files (demonstrated via log files) that allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files, indicating a local access requirement and partial integrity impact. The NVD CVSS me...

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-2002-0213

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-2002-1512

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-2002-0678

CDE ToolTalk database server ttdbserver allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the transaction log file used by the TTTRANSACTION RPC procedure...

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-2002-0174

IRIX nsd symlink vulnerability (CVE-2002-0174): on SGI IRIX versions prior to 6.5.11, nsd can be tricked via a symlink attack on /var/tmp/nsd.dump to damage/modify the dump file when the nsd process receives USR1. Local users could potentially gain root privileges. The advisory fixes/change is to...

CVE-2002-0824

BSD pppd allows local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file that is specified as a tty device...

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-2002-1516

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

CVE-2001-1378

fetchmailconf in fetchmail before 5.7.4 allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on temporary files...

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

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-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-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...

CVE-2003-0036

ml85p, as included in the printer-drivers package for Mandrake Linux, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable filenames of the form "mlg85p%d"...

CVE-2003-0036

The CVE refers to Mandrake Linux printer-drivers (ml85p) where a race condition in opening a temporary file allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks on files named mlg85p%d. Affected component: ml85p within the printer-drivers package; root cause: predictable tempo...