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Hugin "hugin_debug_optim_results.txt" Insecure Temporary File
Release Date: 2007-11-12 Views: 6,566
Secunia Advisory SA27623
Where:
Local system
Impact:
Privilege escalation,
Solution Status:
Unpatched
CVE Reference(s):
Description
A security issue has been discovered in Hugin, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.
The security issue is caused due to the Hugin optimizer creating the temporary file "hugin_debug_optim_results.txt" insecurely. This can be exploited to e.g. overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running Hugin via symlink attacks.
Note: This may only affect UNIX or Linux platforms.
The security issue is confirmed in version 1.6.1 on a Linux system. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Restrict access to trusted users only.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported in a SUSE advisory.
Original Advisory:
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_20_sr.html
Deep Links:
Links available to Secunia VIM customers
Do you have additional information related to this advisory?
Please provide information about patches, mitigating factors, new versions, exploits, faulty patches, links, and other relevant data by posting comments to this Advisory. You can also send this information to vuln@secunia.com
Subject: Hugin "hugin_debug_optim_results.txt" Insecure Temporary File
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