CVE-2007-3103 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

62%

Complexity

19%

Confidentiality

165%

The init.d script for the X.Org X11 xfs font server on various Linux distributions might allow local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/.font-unix temporary file.

The init.d script for the X.Org X11 xfs font server on various Linux distributions might allow local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/.font-unix temporary file.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Red Hat

First reported 17 years ago

2007-07-15 22:30:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-16 16:47:00

Affected Software

Red Hat Desktop 4.0

4.0

Red Hat Linux

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=185660

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/242903

20070712 Red Hat Enterprise Linux init.d XFS Script chown Race Condition Vulnerability

Patch

40945

26056

Vendor Advisory

26081

Vendor Advisory

26282

Vendor Advisory

27240

Vendor Advisory

35674

Vendor Advisory

GLSA-200710-11

DSA-1342

RHSA-2007:0519

RHSA-2007:0520

20070717 rPSA-2007-0141-1 xorg-x11 xorg-x11-fonts xorg-x11-tools xorg-x11-xfs

24888

1018375

redhat-xfs-privilege-escalation(35375)

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1485

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10802

5167

FEDORA-2009-3666

FEDORA-2009-3651

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