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CVE-2005-3343

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2006-10-15	tkdiff -- temporary file symlink privilege escalation

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CVE-2005-3343 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2005-3343
Phase	Assigned(20051027)

Description

tkdiff before 4.1.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

References

Source	Reference
DEBIAN	DSA-927
CONFIRM	http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=380030&group_id=64960
MANDRIVA	MDKSA-2006:001
BID	16064
OSVDB	21933
SECTRACK	1015421
SECUNIA	18083
SECUNIA	18215
XF	tkdiff-tmp-file-symlink(23858)