Description
The getSkillname function in the eve module in Conky 1.8.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/.cesf.
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://secunia.com/advisories/43225 ↗
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/conky/+bug/607309 ↗
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=612033 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/09/4 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/10/8 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46353 ↗
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201110-09.xml ↗