xfig: symlink attack vulnerability
| Package(s): | xfig |
CVE #(s): | CVE-2009-1962
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| Created: | September 23, 2009 |
Updated: | December 28, 2009 |
| Description: |
From the Mandriva alert:
fig in Debian GNU/Linux, possibly 3.2.5, allows local users to
read and write arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the
xfig-eps[PID], xfig-pic[PID].pix, xfig-pic[PID].err,
xfig-pcx[PID].pix, xfig-xfigrc[PID], xfig[PID],
fig-print[PID], xfig-export[PID].err, xfig-batch[PID],
xfig-exp[PID], or xfig-spell.[PID] temporary files, where [PID]
is a process ID (CVE-2009-1962). |
| Alerts: |
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