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GNU gettext Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA12774
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Release Date:
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2004-10-11
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Popularity:
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5,296 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | GNU gettext 1.x
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in gettext, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to temporary files being created insecurely. This can be exploited via symlink attacks to overwrite or create arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running gettext.
Solution:
Grant only trusted users access to affected systems.
Updated packages are available for various Linux distributions.
Provided and/or discovered by:
First reported in a Trustix advisory.
Original Advisory:
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0050/
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