CVE-2012-5355

Published: 10 October 2012

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.

Status

References

• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdiagnose/+bug/1036211
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1591-1
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50854
• http://osvdb.org/85882
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5355
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

Bugs

• https://launchpad.net/bugs/1036211