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CVE-2003-0885
Published: Feb 28, 2006
Modified: Aug 8, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Xscreensaver 4.14 contains certain debugging code that should have been omitted, which causes Xscreensaver to create temporary files insecurely in the (1) apple2, (2) xanalogtv, and (3) pong screensavers, and allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182286
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http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41253
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