CVE-2012-5355 Information

Description

welcome.py in xdiagnose before 2.5.2ubuntu0.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name in /tmp.

Reference

http://osvdb.org/85882 http://secunia.com/advisories/50854 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1591-1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdiagnose/+bug/1036211 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79475