CVE-2006-1695 Information

Description

The fbgs script in the fbi package 2.01-1.4 when the TMPDIR environment variable is not defined allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in /var/tmp/fbps-[PID].

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=361370 http://secunia.com/advisories/19559 http://secunia.com/advisories/19766 http://secunia.com/advisories/20166 http://secunia.com/advisories/21459 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1068 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-13.xml http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_19_sr.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17436 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1281 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25729