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CVE-2018-17955

Insecure Temporary File

Published: Mar 15, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
3.6 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17955
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/377.html

In yast2-multipath before version 4.1.1 a static temporary filename allows local attackers to overwrite files on systems without symlink protection

Weakness

Creating and using insecure temporary files can leave application and system data vulnerable to attack.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Yast2-multipath Opensuse * 4.1.1 (excluding)

References

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