CVE-2003-1294
First published: Wed Dec 31 2003(Updated: )
Xscreensaver before 4.15 creates temporary files insecurely in (1) driver/passwd-kerberos.c, (2) driver/xscreensaver-getimage-video, (3) driver/xscreensaver.kss.in, and the (4) vidwhacker and (5) webcollage screensavers, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Xscreensaver Xscreensaver | =4.14_5 | |
| Xscreensaver Xscreensaver | =4.14_4 | |
| Xscreensaver Xscreensaver | =4.05_6 | |
| Xscreensaver Xscreensaver | =4.10_15 | |
| Xscreensaver Xscreensaver | =4.07_2 | |
| Xscreensaver Xscreensaver | =4.08_29135cl | |
| Xscreensaver Xscreensaver | =4.11_0 | |
| Xscreensaver Xscreensaver | =4.14_0 | |
| Xscreensaver Xscreensaver | =4.05_150 | |
| Xscreensaver Xscreensaver | =4.05_6a | |
| Xscreensaver Xscreensaver | =4.12_58 | |
| Xscreensaver Xscreensaver | =4.10_4 | |
| Xscreensaver Xscreensaver | =4.14_2 | |
| Xscreensaver Xscreensaver | =4.05_5cl | |
| Xscreensaver Xscreensaver | =4.10_6 | |
| Xscreensaver Xscreensaver | =4.10_8 | |
| Xscreensaver Xscreensaver | =4.09_0 | |
| Xscreensaver Xscreensaver | =4.12_62 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.novell.com/linux/download/updates/90_i386.html
- http://jwz.livejournal.com/310943.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182286
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=124968
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9125
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0498.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20224
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20226
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htm
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20456
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20782
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1948
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10848
- collector/nvd-historical
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/author
- agent/severity
- agent/weakness
- agent/references
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/description
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/xscreensaver
- canonical/xscreensaver xscreensaver
- version/xscreensaver xscreensaver/4.14_5
- version/xscreensaver xscreensaver/4.14_4
- version/xscreensaver xscreensaver/4.05_6
- version/xscreensaver xscreensaver/4.10_15
- version/xscreensaver xscreensaver/4.07_2
- version/xscreensaver xscreensaver/4.08_29135cl
- version/xscreensaver xscreensaver/4.11_0
- version/xscreensaver xscreensaver/4.14_0
- version/xscreensaver xscreensaver/4.05_150
- version/xscreensaver xscreensaver/4.05_6a
- version/xscreensaver xscreensaver/4.12_58
- version/xscreensaver xscreensaver/4.10_4
- version/xscreensaver xscreensaver/4.14_2
- version/xscreensaver xscreensaver/4.05_5cl
- version/xscreensaver xscreensaver/4.10_6
- version/xscreensaver xscreensaver/4.10_8
- version/xscreensaver xscreensaver/4.09_0
- version/xscreensaver xscreensaver/4.12_62