CVE-2008-4988

Description

pscal in xcal 4.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/pscal##### temporary file.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-59

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/496393
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/xcal
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
• http://bugs.debian.org/496393
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/xcal