PT-2005-1022 · Tkdiff · Tkdiff

Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña · Published 2005-12-27 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2005-3343

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions tkdiff versions prior to 4.1.1

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, potentially leading to disruption of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. This can be exploited by a local attacker.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.1.1, update to version 4.1.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to temporary files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-02688

CVE-2005-3343

DSA-927-1

Affected Products

Tkdiff

References · 13

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-02688 · Security Note
• http://osvdb.org/21933 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18083 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3343 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/16064 · Patch
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:001 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3343 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1015421 · Note
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=380030&group_id=64960 · Note
• http://debian.org/security/dsa-927 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18215 · Note
• http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-927 · Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23858 · Note