Bug 149923

Summary:	CAN-2005-0578 Unsafe /tmp/plugtmp directory exploitable to erase user's files
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	Reporter:	Josh Bressers <bressers>
Component:	firefox	Assignee:	Christopher Aillon <caillon>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	4.0	Keywords:	Security
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Description Josh Bressers 2005-02-28 20:42:06 UTC

A predictable name is used for the plugin temporary directory. A malicious local
user could symlink this to the victim's home directory and wait for the victim
to run Firefox. When Firefox shuts down the victim's directory would be erased.

http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-28.html

Comment 1 Josh Bressers 2005-03-01 19:02:04 UTC

An advisory 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-2005-176.html