CVE-2009-1215 Information

Description

Race condition in GNU screen 4.0.3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/screen-exchange temporary file.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=521123 http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?25296 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/25/7 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34521 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/screen/+bug/315993 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492104 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49887