Description
im-switch before 11.4-46.1 in Fedora Core 2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the imswitcher[PID] temporary file.
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://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16682 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10717 ↗
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/0407-advisories/fedora_im-switch_tempfile_race.txt ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12037 ↗
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=126940 ↗
- http://www.osvdb.org/7772 ↗