Netatalk: insecure tempfile handling in etc2ps.sh [LWN.net]

Package(s):

netatalk

CVE #(s):

CAN-2004-0974

Created:

October 25, 2004

Updated:

November 2, 2004

Description:

The etc2ps.sh script creates temporary files in world-writeable directories with predictable names. A local attacker could create symbolic links in the temporary files directory, pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem. When etc2ps.sh is executed, this would result in the file being overwritten with the rights of the user running the utility, which could be the root user.

Alerts:

Mandrake	MDKSA-2004:121	2004-11-01
Gentoo	200410-25	2004-10-25

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