Gentoo Linux: CVE-2006-1695: fbida: Insecure temporary file creation
1
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
04/11/2006
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
10/30/2017
Description
The fbgs script in the fbi package 2.01-1.4, when the TMPDIR environment variable is not defined, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in /var/tmp/fbps-[PID].
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-gfx-fbida
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