Description
KDE before 3.3.0 does not properly handle when certain symbolic links point to "stale" locations, which could allow local users to create or truncate arbitrary files.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9334 ↗
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000864 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12276/ ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16963 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-539 ↗
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-13.xml ↗
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109225538901170&w=2 ↗
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040811-1.txt ↗