spice-xpi Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

BID:42725

Info

spice-xpi Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 42725
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2010-2794
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Aug 25 2010 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 25 2010 12:00AM
Credit: Petr Matousek
Vulnerable: Redhat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Application 5 server
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 client
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

spice-xpi Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

spice-xpi creates temporary files in an insecure manner.

An attacker with local access could potentially exploit this issue to perform symbolic-link attacks, overwriting arbitrary files in the context of the affected application.

Exploit / POC

spice-xpi Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

An attacker uses readily available commands to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

spice-xpi Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for details.

References

spice-xpi Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

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