Bug 433719 (CVE-2008-0806) - CVE-2008-0806 Wyrd uses insecure temporary file
Summary: CVE-2008-0806 Wyrd uses insecure temporary file
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2008-0806
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
QA Contact:
URL: http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=C...
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Depends On: 433720 433721 433722
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-02-21 00:46 UTC by Lubomir Kundrak
Modified: 2008-05-06 16:16 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2008-05-06 16:16:58 UTC
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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
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