Description
The init.d script for the X.Org X11 xfs font server on various Linux distributions might allow local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/.font-unix 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://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10802 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35674 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24888 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0520.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26081 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1342 ↗
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1485 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27240 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26056 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473869/100/0/threaded ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5167 ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018375 ↗
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-11.xml ↗
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00095.html ↗
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/242903 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35375 ↗
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=557 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26282 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0519.html ↗
- http://osvdb.org/40945 ↗
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=185660 ↗
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00096.html ↗