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CVE-2009-1215
Published: Apr 1, 2009
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
Race condition in GNU screen 4.0.3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/screen-exchange temporary file.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492104
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[oss-security] 20090325 CVE request -- zsh, XFree86-xfs/xorg-x11-xfs, screen
mailing-list
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/screen/+bug/315993
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http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=521123
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screen-screenexchange-symlink(49887)
vdb-entry
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34521
vdb-entry
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http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?25296
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