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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2019-12779: libqb: Insecure temporary file

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2019-12779: libqb: Insecure temporary file

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/07/2019
Created
07/06/2021
Added
07/05/2021
Modified
07/05/2021

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-cluster-libqb

References

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