Description
Artsoft Entertainment Rocks'n'Diamonds (aka rocksndiamonds) 3.3.0.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on .rocksndiamonds/cache/artworkinfo.cache under a user's home directory.
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | rocksndiamonds | 3.3.0.1+dfsg1-2.2 | — |
| Debian 13 | rocksndiamonds | 3.3.0.1+dfsg1-2.2 | — |
| Debian 12 | rocksndiamonds | 3.3.0.1+dfsg1-2.2 | — |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | rocksndiamonds | 3.3.1.2-2.5 | openSUSE-SU-2024:10418-1 |
Advisories 1
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10418-1 rocksndiamonds-3.3.1.2-2.5 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
References
- [oss-security] 20111212 Re: CVE request: rocksndiamonds world-writable working/config directory mailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=766805
- [oss-security] 20111212 CVE request: rocksndiamonds world-writable working/config directory mailing-list
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=651620