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Bug 163130

Summary: CAN-2005-1920 Kate backup file permissions leak
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Reporter: Mark J. Cox <mjc>
Component: kdelibsAssignee: Than Ngo <than>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Priority: medium    
Version: 4.0CC: security-response-team
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard: impact=moderate,reported=20050712,public=20050718,source=vendorsec
Fixed In Version: RHSA-2005-612 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2005-07-27 15:30:33 UTC Type: ---
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Draft Advisory none

Description Mark J. Cox 2005-07-13 08:27:49 UTC 
See attachment for draft security advisory on this issue.  This flaw could make
the backup files created by users editing text files readable by other local
users.  

Embargoed until 20050718
Comment 1 Mark J. Cox 2005-07-13 08:27:49 UTC 
Created attachment 116693 [details]
Draft Advisory
Comment 2 Than Ngo 2005-07-13 08:43:35 UTC 
it's now fixed in kdelibs-3.3.1-3.11
Comment 3 Mark J. Cox 2005-07-19 07:40:44 UTC 
public, removing embargo
Comment 4 Red Hat Bugzilla 2005-07-27 15:30:36 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-2005-612.html