Description
The dcopidlng script in KDE 3.2.x and 3.3.x creates temporary files with predictable filenames, 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.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050316-2.txt ↗
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110814653804757&w=2 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:058 ↗
- http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2005-245.shtml ↗
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1013525 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-325.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14254 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10676 ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:045 ↗
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200503-14.xml ↗
- http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97608 ↗