CVE-2013-0159

Summary

CVECVE-2013-0159
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-05-01 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-06-13 16:51:00 UTC
DescriptionThe fedora-business-cards package before 1-0.1.beta1.fc17 on Fedora 17 and before 1-0.1.beta1.fc18 on Fedora 18 allows local users to cause a denial of service or write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/fedora-business-cards-buffer.svg.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 17 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 18 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 17 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 18 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 892815 – CVE-2013-0159 fedora-business-cards: insecure temporary file usage CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
892299 – CVE-2013-0159 predictable file name used in /tmp to generate pdf output [fedora-all] CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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