CVE-2018-18654

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-18654
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-26 00:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionCrossroads 2.81 does not properly handle the /tmp directory during a build of xr. A local attacker can first create a world-writable subdirectory in a certain location under the /tmp directory, wait until a user process copies xr there, and then replace the entire contents of this subdirectory to include a Trojan horse xr.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Debian Crossroads 2.81 All All All
Application Debian Crossroads 2.81 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#911877 - crossroads: CVE-2018-18654: package build vulnerable to insecure use of /tmp - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
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