SUSE Tetex tmp File Existence Disclosure Vulnerability

BID:13072

Info

SUSE Tetex tmp File Existence Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 13072
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2005-1065
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Apr 08 2005 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 12:56PM
Credit: Announced by the vendor.
Vulnerable: SuSE Linux 8.1
SuSE Linux 8.0 i386
SuSE Linux 8.0
SuSE Linux 7.3 sparc
SuSE Linux 7.3 ppc
SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
SuSE Linux 7.3
SuSE Linux 7.2 i386
SuSE Linux 7.2
SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
SuSE Linux 7.1
SuSE Linux 7.0 sparc
SuSE Linux 7.0 ppc
SuSE Linux 7.0 i386
SuSE Linux 7.0 alpha
SuSE Linux 7.0
SuSE Linux 6.4 ppc
SuSE Linux 6.4 i386
SuSE Linux 6.4 alpha
SuSE Linux 6.4
SuSE Linux 6.3 ppc
SuSE Linux 6.3 alpha
SuSE Linux 6.3
SuSE Linux 6.2
SuSE Linux 6.1 alpha
SuSE Linux 6.1
SuSE Linux 6.0
SuSE Linux 5.3
SuSE Linux 5.2
SuSE Linux 5.1
SuSE Linux 5.0
SuSE Linux 4.4.1
SuSE Linux 4.4
SuSE Linux 4.3
SuSE Linux 4.2
SuSE Linux 4.0
SuSE Linux 3.0
SuSE Linux 2.0
SuSE Linux 1.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 8.2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

SUSE Tetex tmp File Existence Disclosure Vulnerability

teTex is prone to a symbolic link issue that could allow users to determine the existence of files in directories they do not have permission to access.

Information gathered through this vulnerability could be used to carry out further attacks against the computer.

Exploit / POC

SUSE Tetex tmp File Existence Disclosure Vulnerability

No exploit code is required.

Solution / Fix

SUSE Tetex tmp File Existence Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
SUSE has released an advisory (SUSE-SR:2005:010) and fixes for this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for information on obtaining fixes.


S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 8.2

S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0

S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64

S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64

S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1

S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2

S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64

References

SUSE Tetex tmp File Existence Disclosure Vulnerability

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