Link Following Affecting foo2zjs package, versions <20110722dfsg-1
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- published23 Oct 2017
- disclosed23 Oct 2017
Introduced: 23 Oct 2017
CVE-2011-2684 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 foo2zjs to version 20110722dfsg-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream foo2zjs package and not the foo2zjs package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
foo2zjs before 20110722dfsg-3ubuntu1 as packaged in Ubuntu, 20110722dfsg-1 as packaged in Debian unstable, and 20090908dfsg-5.1+squeeze0 as packaged in Debian squeeze create temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to write over arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/foo2zjs.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2684
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=633870
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2684/
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/foo2zjs/+bug/805370
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/06/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5