CVE-2007-3103 Information

Description

The init.d script for the X.Org X11 xfs font server on various Linux distributions might allow local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/.font-unix temporary file.

Reference

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=185660 http://bugzilla.redhat.com/242903 http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=557 http://osvdb.org/40945 http://secunia.com/advisories/26056 http://secunia.com/advisories/26081 http://secunia.com/advisories/26282 http://secunia.com/advisories/27240 http://secunia.com/advisories/35674 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-11.xml http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1342 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0519.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0520.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473869/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24888 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018375 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35375 https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1485 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10802 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5167 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00095.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00096.html