CVE-2003-0885

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Summary

CVECVE-2003-0885
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2003-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2008-09-05 20:35:00 UTC
DescriptionXscreensaver 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.14 All All All
Application Xscreensaver Xscreensaver 4.14 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
41253 – [security] xscreensaver 4.14 makes file in /tmp, symlink attack CONFIRM bugs.gentoo.org Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
182286 – CVE-2003-1294 xscreensaver temporary file flaws CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
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Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2006-08-30Mark J CoxThis issue did not affect the versions of Xscreensaver as distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.
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