Updated icedtea-web packages fix CVE-2013-6493

Updated icedtea-web packages fix security vulnerability: LiveConnect provides a gateway between the JavaScript engine in the web browser and Java applets. An insecure temporary file use flaw was found in the LiveConnect implementation in the IcedTea-Web browser plug-in. A malicious, local user...

GLSA-201402-10 : PulseAudio: Insecure temporary file usage

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201402-10 PulseAudio: Insecure temporary file usage The pamakesecuredir function in core-util.c does not handle temporary files securely. Impact : A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with th...

CVE-2014-1876

The unpacker::redirectstdio function in unpack.cpp in unpack200 in OpenJDK 6, 7, and 8; Oracle Java SE 5.0u61, 6u71, 7u51, and 8; JRockit R27.8.1 and R28.3.1; and Java SE Embedded 7u51 does not securely create temporary files when a log file cannot be opened, which allows local users to overwrite...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1876

The unpacker::redirectstdio function in unpack.cpp in unpack200 in OpenJDK 6, 7, and 8; Oracle Java SE 5.0u61, 6u71, 7u51, and 8; JRockit R27.8.1 and R28.3.1; and Java SE Embedded 7u51 does not securely create temporary files when a log file cannot be opened, which allows local users to overwrite...

PulseAudio: Insecure temporary file usage

Background PulseAudio is a sound system for POSIX OSes. Description The pamakesecuredir function in core-util.c does not handle temporary files securely. Impact A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application...

Fedora 20 : flite-1.3-21.fc20 (2014-0579)

CVE-2014-0027 flite: insecure temporary file use Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues...

CVE-2013-4331

Light Display Manager aka LightDM 1.4.x before 1.4.3, 1.6.x before 1.6.2, and 1.7.x before 1.7.14 uses 0664 permissions for the temporary .Xauthority file, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file...

Edward Snowden nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 2014

Now there is really great news for all the supporters of Former National Security Agency NSA contractor Edward Snowden, as he is nominated for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize by two Norwegian lawmakers. Snorre Valen and Baard Vegar Solhjell, parliamentarians from Norway’s Socialist Left Party said, “H...

CVE-2013-4898: Undefined Security Weakness

Unrestricted file upload vulnerability in the user profile page feature in the Timeline Plugin 4.2.5p9 for SocialEngine allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code by uploading a file with an executable extension, then accessing it via a direct request to the file in...

CVE-2014-1831 CVE-2014-1832 rubygem-passenger: insecure use of temporary files

'Phusion Passenger 4.0.37 allows local users to write to certain files and directories via a symlink attack on 1 controlprocess.pid or a 2 generation- file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-1831.'...

CVE-2014-1639

syncevo/installcheck-local.sh in syncevolution before 1.3.99.7 uses mktemp to create a safe temporary file but appends a suffix to the original filename and writes to this new filename, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the new filename...

CVE-2014-1604

The parser cache functionality in parsergenerator.py in RPLY aka python-rply before 0.7.1 allows local users to spoof cache data by pre-creating a temporary rply-.json file with a predictable name...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1638

1 debian/postrm and 2 debian/localepurge.config in localepurge before 0.7.3.2 use tempfile to create a safe temporary file but appends a suffix to the original filename and writes to this new filename, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the new filename...

CVE-2014-1640

axiom-test.sh in axiom 20100701-1.1 uses tempfile to create a safe temporary file but appends a suffix to the original filename and writes to this new filename, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the new filename...

PYSEC-2014-17

The parser cache functionality in parsergenerator.py in RPLY aka python-rply before 0.7.1 allows local users to spoof cache data by pre-creating a temporary rply-.json file with a predictable name...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1638

1 debian/postrm and 2 debian/localepurge.config in localepurge before 0.7.3.2 use tempfile to create a safe temporary file but appends a suffix to the original filename and writes to this new filename, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the new filename...

CVE-2014-1831 CVE-2014-1832 rubygem-passenger: insecure use of temporary files

Phusion Passenger before 4.0.37 allows local users to write to certain files and directories via a symlink attack on 1 controlprocess.pid or a 2 generation- file...

Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2085-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0027

The playwavefromsocket function in audio/auserver.c in Flite 1.4 allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/awb.wav. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information...

PT-2014-3437 · Festvocal · Flite

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Flite version 1.4 Description: The issue allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/awb.wav. This is due to a problem in the play wave from socket function in audio/auserver.c. Recommendations: For Flite version...