Title: Multiple Vendor xfs Symlink Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
Xfs, the Xfree86 font server included with RedHat 5.1 is vulnerable to a /tmp symbolic link attack. Xfs creates a file in /tmp called .font-unix that will be followed if a symlink. Any file pointed to by the symbolic link will be overwritten.
Affected Products:
- Caldera OpenLinux Standard 1.2.0
- Debian Linux 2.0.0
- Debian Linux 2.0.0 r5
- Debian Linux 2.1.0
- NetBSD NetBSD 1.3.3
- Pacific HiTech TurboLinux 1.2.0
- RedHat Linux 5.1.0
- S.u.S.E. Linux 5.3.0
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