Tux Paint Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

BID:16250

Info

Tux Paint Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 16250
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2005-3340
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jan 16 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 11 2006 04:25PM
Credit: Discovered by Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena.
Vulnerable: Tux Paint Tux Paint 0.9.15 b
Tux Paint Tux Paint 0.9.14
+ Debian Linux 3.1 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.1 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.1 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.1 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.1 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.1 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.1 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.1 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.1 amd64
 + Debian Linux 3.1 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.1
+ Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 powerpc
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 i386
 + Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 amd64
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Tux Paint Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Tux Paint creates temporary files in an insecure manner.

Exploitation would most likely result in loss of data or a denial of service if critical files are overwritten in the attack. Other attacks may be possible as well.

Exploit / POC

Tux Paint Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

An exploit is not required.

Solution / Fix

Tux Paint Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Solution:
Please see the referenced advisories for more information.

Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]:[email protected].


Tux Paint Tux Paint 0.9.14

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Tux Paint Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

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