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CVE-2005-0365

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2005-02-18 kdelibs -- insecure temporary file creation

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2005-0365
Phase Assigned(20050211)

Description

The dcopidlng script in KDE 3.2.x and 3.3.x creates temporary files with predictable filenames, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

References

Source Reference
BUGTRAQ 20050211 insecure temporary file creation in kdelibs 3.3.2
CONFIRM http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=97608
CONFIRM http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050316-2.txt
FEDORA FEDORA-2005-245
GENTOO GLSA-200503-14
MANDRAKE MDKSA-2005:045
MANDRAKE MDKSA-2005:058
REDHAT RHSA-2005:325
OVAL oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10676
SECTRACK 1013525
SECUNIA 14254