Title: X11R6 3.3.3 Symlink Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
There is a symlink vulnerability known to exist under most modern linux and NetBSD distributions. It involves /tmp/.X11-unix and the tendency to follow to/overwrite the file pointed to if a symlink. It may be possible for a regular user to write arbritrary data to a file they normally have no write access to resulting in a root compromise.
Affected Products:
- NetBSD NetBSD 1.3.2
- NetBSD NetBSD 1.3.3
- RedHat Linux 5.1.0
- RedHat Linux 5.2.0 i386
- S.u.S.E. Linux 5.1.0
- S.u.S.E. Linux 5.2.0
- S.u.S.E. Linux 6.0.0
- S.u.S.E. Linux 6.1.0
- Slackware Linux 3.3.0
- Slackware Linux 3.4.0
- Slackware Linux 3.5.0
- Slackware Linux 3.6.0
- Slackware Linux 4.0.0
- XFree86 X11R6 3.3.3
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