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welcome.py in xdiagnose before 2.5.2ubuntu0.1 allows...

Low severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 3, 2023

Package

No package listedSuggest a package

Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

welcome.py in xdiagnose before 2.5.2ubuntu0.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name in /tmp.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 10, 2012
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Feb 3, 2023

Severity

Low

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2012-5355

GHSA ID

GHSA-r5q6-7hm3-jq89

Source code

No known source code

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