Description
Race condition in GNU screen 4.0.3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/screen-exchange temporary file.
Affected products
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n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492104 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/25/7 ↗
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/screen/+bug/315993 ↗
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=521123 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49887 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34521 ↗
- http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?25296 ↗