SB2011021402 - Link following in feh.finalrewind feh
Published: February 14, 2011 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2011021402
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-0702)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate or delete data.
The feh_unique_filename function in utils.c in feh before 1.11.2 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/feh_ temporary file.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=612035
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/09/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/09/14
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43221
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/feh/+bug/607328
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=676389
- https://derf.homelinux.org/git/feh/commit/?id=23421a86cc826dd30f3dc4f62057fafb04b3ac40
- https://derf.homelinux.org/git/feh/commit/?id=29ab0855f044ef2fe9c295b72abefcb37f0861a5
- https://github.com/derf/feh/issues/#issue/32