Symlink attack vulnerability in DistUpgradeViewKDE.py

Symlink attack vulnerability in DistUpgradeViewKDE.py

CVE-2011-3154 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

DistUpgrade/DistUpgradeViewKDE.py in Update Manager before 1:0.87.31.1, 1:0.134.x before 1:0.134.11.1, 1:0.142.x before 1:0.142.23.1, 1:0.150.x before 1:0.150.5.1, and 1:0.152.x before 1:0.152.25.5 does not properly create temporary files, which allows local users to obtain the XAUTHORITY file content for a user via a symlink attack on the temporary file.

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