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CVE-2006-4233
Published: Aug 18, 2006
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Globus Toolkit 3.2.x, 4.0.x, and 4.1.0 before 20060815 allow local users to obtain sensitive information (proxy certificates) and overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in the /tmp directory, as demonstrated by files created by (1) myproxy-admin-adduser, (2) grid-ca-sign, and (3) grid-security-config.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[security-announce] 20060815 Temporary File Handling Vulnerability
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
ADV-2006-3290
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
21516
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
19549
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
globus-tmp-symlink(28410)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
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