Description
Xscreensaver before 4.15 creates temporary files insecurely in (1) driver/passwd-kerberos.c, (2) driver/xscreensaver-getimage-video, (3) driver/xscreensaver.kss.in, and the (4) vidwhacker and (5) webcollage screensavers, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htm ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=124968 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10848 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20782 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0498.html ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1948 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20224 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9125 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20456 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182286 ↗
- http://www.novell.com/linux/download/updates/90_i386.html ↗
- http://jwz.livejournal.com/310943.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20226 ↗