CVE-2007-3531

Summary

CVECVE-2007-3531
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-07-25 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-29 01:32:00 UTC
DescriptionThe set_default_speeds function in backend/backend.c in NVidia NVClock before 0.8b2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/nvclock temporary file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.1a All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.2 All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 rc1 All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 rc2 All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 rc3 All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.1a All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.2 All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 rc1 All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 rc2 All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux 1.4 rc3 All All
Application Gentoo Nvclock All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
38573 OSVDB osvdb.org
Gentoo update for nvclock - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
NVClock "set_default_speeds()" Insecure Temporary Files - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Bug 184071 - media-video/nvclock: insecure temporary file usage (CVE-2007-3531) MISC bugs.gentoo.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- NVClock: Insecure file usage GENTOO security.gentoo.org
NVClock Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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