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CVE-2007-3103

The init.d script for the X.Org X11 xfs font server on various Linux distributions might allow local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/.font-unix temporary file.

Published

2007-07-15T22:30:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.2 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

1.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-59

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora_core	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	4.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	4.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	4.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	4.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	linux	*	Yes

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=185660 ([email protected])
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/242903 ([email protected])
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=557 Patch ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/40945 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/26056 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/26081 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/26282 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27240 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/35674 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-11.xml ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1342 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0519.html ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0520.html ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473869/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24888 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018375 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35375 ([email protected])
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1485 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10802 ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5167 ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00095.html ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00096.html ([email protected])
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=185660 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/242903 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=557 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/40945 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26056 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26081 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26282 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27240 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35674 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-11.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1342 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0519.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0520.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473869/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24888 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018375 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35375 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1485 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10802 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5167 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00095.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00096.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)