imake in NetBSD before 2.0.3, NetBSD-current before 12 September 2005, certain versions of X.Org, and certain versions of XFree86 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary file for the file.0 target, which is used for a pre-formatted manual page.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.6 (including) | 1.6 (including) |
| Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.6-beta (including) | 1.6-beta (including) |
| Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.6.1 (including) | 1.6.1 (including) |
| Netbsd | Netbsd | 1.6.2 (including) | 1.6.2 (including) |
| Netbsd | Netbsd | 2.0 (including) | 2.0 (including) |
| Netbsd | Netbsd | 2.0.1 (including) | 2.0.1 (including) |
| Netbsd | Netbsd | 2.0.2 (including) | 2.0.2 (including) |
References
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2005-009.txt.asc
- http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2005/10/31/0000.html
- http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2005/09/12/0043.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015132
- http://www.osvdb.org/20731
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15263
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2005-009.txt.asc
- http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2005/10/31/0000.html
- http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2005/09/12/0043.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015132
- http://www.osvdb.org/20731
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15263