SB2011021502 - Link following in feh.finalrewind feh
Published: February 15, 2011 Updated: August 11, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2011021502
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-2011-1031)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate or delete data.
The feh_unique_filename function in utils.c in feh 1.11.2 and earlier might allow local users to create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/feh_ temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0702.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43221
- 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