Title : Debian Security Update Fixes Thttpd Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-4348 CVE ID : CVE-2006-4248
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : No Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-11-06
Technical Description
Debian has released security updates to address a vulnerability identified in Thttpd. This flaw is due to an error in the "/etc/logrotate.d/thttpd" script that creates temporary files in an insecure manner, which could be exploited by local attackers to overwrite or create arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the vulnerable application.
