CVE-2011-3616 (GCVE-0-2011-3616)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-11-04 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 23:37
VLAI
Summary
The getSkillname function in the eve module in Conky 1.8.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/.cesf.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1035 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/43225 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/conky/+… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=612033 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/09/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/10/10/8 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://secunia.com/advisories/46353 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-20111… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
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