CVE-2012-3378 Information

Description

The register_application function in atk-adaptor/bridge.c in GNOME at-spi2-atk 2.5.2 does not seed the random number generator and generates predictable temporary file names which makes it easier for local users to create or truncate files via a symlink attack on a temporary socket file in /tmp/at-spi2.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=678026 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/05/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/06/3 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=678348