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webmin -- insecure temporary file creation at installation time

Affected packages
		webmin	<	1.150_5

Details

VuXML ID	ae7b7f65-05c7-11d9-b45d-000c41e2cdad
Discovery	2004-09-05
Entry	2004-09-14
Modified	2004-09-15

The Webmin developers documented a security issue in the release notes for version 1.160:

Fixed a security hole in the maketemp.pl script, used to create the /tmp/.webmin directory at install time. If an un-trusted user creates this directory before Webmin is installed, he could create in it a symbolic link pointing to a critical file on the system, which would be overwritten when Webmin writes to the link filename.

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References

CVE Name	CVE-2004-0559
URL	http://www.webmin.com/changes-1.160.html