CVE-2011-3616 Information

Description

The getSkillname function in the eve module in Conky 1.8.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/.cesf.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=612033 http://secunia.com/advisories/43225 http://secunia.com/advisories/46353 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201110-09.xml http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/09/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/10/8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/conky/+bug/607309