CVE-2005-2101 (GCVE-0-2005-2101)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-08-17 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 22:15
VLAI
Summary
langen2kvtml in KDE 3.0 to 3.4.2 creates insecure temporary files in /tmp with predictable names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-2005081… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-818 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/16428 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014675 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Date Public
2005-08-15 00:00
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