72990 : feh utils.c feh_unique_filename Function /tmp/feh_ Temporary File Symlink Arbitrary File Overwrite
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2011-02-05

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2011-0702" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : The feh_unique_filename function in utils.c in feh before 1.11.2 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/feh_ temporary file.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.11.2 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2011-0702 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 43221 45182 46356
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=612035
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/062285.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201110-08.xml
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/feh/+bug/607328
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676389
https://derf.homelinux.org/git/feh/commit/?id=23421a86cc826dd30f3dc4f62057fafb04b3ac40
https://derf.homelinux.org/git/feh/commit/?id=29ab0855f044ef2fe9c295b72abefcb37f0861a5
https://github.com/derf/feh/issues/#issue/32
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://git.finalrewind.org/feh/patch/?id=ae56ce24b10767800b1715e7e68b41c7d3571b4c
Other Advisory URL: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/09/1
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/09/14

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 3.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-02-15 | Disagree?

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