Bug 433719 (CVE-2008-0806)

Summary:	CVE-2008-0806 Wyrd uses insecure temporary file
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Lubomir Kundrak <lkundrak>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	opensource
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2008-0806
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Bug Depends On:	433720, 433721, 433722
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Description Lubomir Kundrak 2008-02-21 00:46:41 UTC

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2008-0806 to the following vulnerability:

wyrd 1.4.3b allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the wyrd-tmp.[USERID] temporary file.

References:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=466382
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27848
http://secunia.com/advisories/29009

Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2008-02-21 09:53:35 UTC

wyrd-1.4.3b-1.fc8 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 8

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2008-02-21 09:53:36 UTC

wyrd-1.4.3b-1.fc7 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 7

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2008-02-26 00:25:36 UTC

wyrd-1.4.3b-1.fc7 has been pushed to the Fedora 7 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2008-02-26 00:27:04 UTC

wyrd-1.4.3b-1.fc8 has been pushed to the Fedora 8 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 6 Red Hat Product Security 2008-05-06 16:16:58 UTC

This issue was addressed in:

Fedora:
  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F7/FEDORA-2008-1963
  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F8/FEDORA-2008-1986