CVE-2009-1962 Information

Description

Xfig possibly 3.2.5 allows local users to read and write arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) xfig-eps[PID] (2) xfig-pic[PID].pix (3) xfig-pic[PID].err (4) xfig-pcx[PID].pix (5) xfig-xfigrc[PID] (6) xfig[PID] (7) xfig-print[PID] (8) xfig-export[PID].err (9) xfig-batch[PID] (10) xfig-exp[PID] or (11) xfig-spell.[PID] temporary files where [PID] is a process ID.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/35320 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:244 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/6 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34328 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49600