CVE-2004-0689

Description

KDE before 3.3.0 does not properly handle when certain symbolic links point to "stale" locations, which could allow local users to create or truncate arbitrary files.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References

• http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000864
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109225538901170&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/12276/
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-13.xml
• http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-539
• http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040811-1.txt