FKIE_CVE-2007-3103
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-07-15 22:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:41
Severity
Summary
The init.d script for the X.Org X11 xfs font server on various Linux distributions might allow local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/.font-unix temporary file.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| fedoraproject | fedora_core | 6.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 4.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 4.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 4.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 4.0 | |
| redhat | linux | * |
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