flim creates insecure temporary files
| flim-insecure-temporary-file (16027) |  High Risk |
Description:
flim creates insecure temporary files. A local attacker could create a symbolic link from a temporary file to an arbitrary file on the system, which could allow the attacker to overwrite files with privileges of the victim running emacs.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
For Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody):
Upgrade to the latest flim package (flim_1.14.3-9woody1 or later), as listed in DSA 500-1. See References.
For Red Hat Linux:
Upgrade to the latest flim package, as listed below. Refer to RHSA-2004:344-04 for more information. See References.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 2.1), ES (v. 2.1), WS (v. 2.1), and Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor: 1.14.3-8.72.EL.1 or later
For Fedora Core 2:
Upgrade to the latest flim package (1.14.7-0.FC2 or later), as listed in Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2004-546. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
References:
- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2004-546: flim-1.14.7-0.FC2 update.
- Full-Disclosure Mailing List, Sat May 01 2004 - 21:10:30 CDT: New flim packages fix insecure temporary file creation.
- BID-10259: Emacs flim Library Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-0422: flim before 1.14.3 creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files of the Emacs user via a symlink attack.
- DSA-500: flim -- insecure temporary file
- RHSA-2004-344: semi security update
Platforms Affected:
- Debian Debian Linux 3.0
- FedoraProject Fedora Core 2
- FLIM/SEMI Project flim 1.14.6
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AW
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 AS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 2.1 WS
- RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 Itanium
Reported:
May 01, 2004
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