CVE-2007-6209

Summary

CVECVE-2007-6209
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-12-04 00:46:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-29 01:34:00 UTC
DescriptionUtil/difflog.pl in zsh 4.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Application Zsh Zsh 4.3.4 All All All
Application Zsh Zsh 4.3.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
42481 OSVDB osvdb.org
Re: difflog.pl and "security" MLIST www.zsh.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Re: difflog.pl and "security" MLIST www.zsh.org
Zsh Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
difflog.pl and "security" MLIST www.zsh.org
Zsh difflog.pl Insecure Temporary Files - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
201022 – (CVE-2007-6209) app-shells/zsh < 4.3.2-r3 insecure temporary file creation (CVE-2007-6209) MISC bugs.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-12-04Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. These issues did not affect the versions of the zsh package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
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