Xscreensaver 4.14 contains certain debugging code that should have been omitted, which causes Xscreensaver to create temporary files insecurely in the (1) apple2, (2) xanalogtv, and (3) pong screensavers, and allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41253 | Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory |
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182286 | Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Information
Published : 2003-12-30 21:00
Updated : 2008-09-05 13:35
NVD link : CVE-2003-0885
Mitre link : CVE-2003-0885
JSON object : View
CWE
Products Affected
xscreensaver
- xscreensaver