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Unscored CVE-2017-18925 EUVD-2017-10014GHSA-q42f-hxw2-5vgx

opentmpfiles through 0.3.1 allows local users to take ownership of arbitrary files because d entries are mishandled and allow a symlink att…

Published Oct 26, 2020 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

opentmpfiles through 0.3.1 allows local users to take ownership of arbitrary files because d entries are mishandled and allow a symlink attack.

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS opentmpfiles No fix yet —

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