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SuSE Linux YaST Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA11300
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Release Date:
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2004-04-08
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Popularity:
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8,808 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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| OS: | SuSE Linux 8.x
SuSE Linux 9.0
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Description:
l0om has reported a vulnerability in SuSE Linux, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated privileges.
When an update of the system is performed either via YaST or the "online_update" utility, temporary files are created insecurely. This can be exploited via symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
The vulnerability affects SuSE Linux 8.2 and 9.0.
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