Description
i2myspell in myspell 3.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/i2my#####.1 and (2) /tmp/i2my#####.2 temporary 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
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/myspell-tools ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 ↗
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30929 ↗
- http://bugs.debian.org/496392 ↗
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44830 ↗