CVE-2007-3103

Summary

CVECVE-2007-3103
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-07-15 22:30:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-16 16:47:00 UTC
DescriptionThe init.d script for the X.Org X11 xfs font server on various Linux distributions might allow local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/.font-unix temporary file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora Core 6.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora Core 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All as All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All es All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All ws All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All as All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All es All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All ws All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux All All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1485 CONFIRM issues.rpath.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.5-2.1.fc9 FEDORA www.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: xorg-x11-xfs-1.0.5-3.1.fc10 FEDORA www.redhat.com
Gentoo update for xfs - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Bug 185660 - x11-apps/xfs < 1.0.4-r1 chmod race condition (CVE-2007-3103) CONFIRM bugs.gentoo.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1342-1 xfs DEBIAN www.debian.org
rPath update for xorg-x11 - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
242903 – CVE-2007-3103 init.d xfs script chown race condition vulnerability CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
20070712 Red Hat Enterprise Linux init.d XFS Script chown Race Condition Vulnerability IDEFENSE labs.idefense.com Patch
X Font Server Temporary File Race Conditions Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Red Hat update for xorg-x11 - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
X.Org xorg-x11-xfs <= 1.0.2-3.1 Local Race Condition Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
Debian update for xfs - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
X Font Server: Multiple Vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation GENTOO security.gentoo.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
X.Org XFS Init Script Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
40945 OSVDB osvdb.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Fedora update for xorg-x11-xfs - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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