CVE-2003-1294 Information

Description

Xscreensaver before 4.15 creates temporary files insecurely in (1) driver/passwd-kerberos.c (2) driver/xscreensaver-getimage-video (3) driver/xscreensaver.kss.in and the (4) vidwhacker and (5) webcollage screensavers which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Reference

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060602-01-U.asc http://jwz.livejournal.com/310943.html http://secunia.com/advisories/20224 http://secunia.com/advisories/20226 http://secunia.com/advisories/20456 http://secunia.com/advisories/20782 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-107.htm http://www.novell.com/linux/download/updates/90_i386.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0498.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9125 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1948 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=124968 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=182286 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10848