Bug 128693

Summary:	CAN-2004-0689 Predictable temporary filenames
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3	Reporter:	Mark J. Cox <mjc>
Component:	kdelibs	Assignee:	Than Ngo <than>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	3.0	CC:	security-response-team
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Description Mark J. Cox 2004-07-28 08:24:01 UTC

Andrew Tuitt reported that versions of KDE up to and including 3.2.3
create temporary directories with predictable names.  A local attacker
could prevent KDE applications from functioning correctly or overwrite
files owned by other users by creating malicious symlinks.  The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has assigned the name
CAN-2004-0689 to this issue.

This issue is embargoed until August 11th at 1400 UTC

Comment 1 Mark J. Cox 2004-07-28 08:24:35 UTC

This issue affects RHEL2.1 and RHEL3, updated packages have been built
and are awaiting QA.

Comment 2 Josh Bressers 2004-08-12 12:35:03 UTC

We've scrapped those packages and are rebuilding with the frame
injection fix included.

Comment 3 Josh Bressers 2004-08-12 12:38:47 UTC

Embargo is lifted, making this public.

Comment 6 Josh Bressers 2004-10-04 15:28:46 UTC

An errata has been issued which should help the problem 
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being 
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, 
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report 
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-412.html

Comment 7 Josh Bressers 2004-10-05 13:39:03 UTC

An errata has been issued which should help the problem 
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being 
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, 
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report 
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-412.html