CVE-2005-4691 | BDVDB-2026-14899 Detail

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015132
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2005/09/12/0043.html
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2005/10/31/0000.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15263
http://www.osvdb.org/20731

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12006-02-01Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-09-16Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.