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Gentoo Security Update Fixes LM Sensors Insecure Temp Files

Title : Gentoo Security Update Fixes LM Sensors Insecure Temp Files
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2005-1583
CVE ID : CVE-2005-2672
CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : No
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-08-31

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Technical Description

Gentoo has released updated packages to correct a vulnerability identified in LM-Sensors. This flaw is due to an error in the "pwmconfig" script that creates the temporary file "/tmp/fancontrol" insecurely, which may be exploited by local attackers to overwrite or create arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the vulnerable script. For additional information, see : FrSIRT/ADV-2005-1492

ChangeLog

2005-08-31 : Initial release

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