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CentOS Linux: CVE-2019-12779: Moderate: libqb security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 7, 2019
Added
Nov 6, 2019
Modified
May 25, 2023

Description

libqb before 1.0.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack, because it uses predictable filenames (under /dev/shm and /tmp) without O_EXCL.

Solutions

centos-upgrade-libqbcentos-upgrade-libqb-debuginfocentos-upgrade-libqb-debugsourcecentos-upgrade-libqb-develcentos-upgrade-libqb-tests-debuginfo
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