pscal in xcal 4.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/pscal##### temporary file.

Description

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

References

• [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire mailing-list
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/xcal
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
• http://bugs.debian.org/496393