CVE-2006-1695

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    CVE-2006-1695

    Published: 11 Apr 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The fbgs script in the fbi package 2.01-1.4, when the TMPDIR environment variable is not defined, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in /var/tmp/fbps-[PID].

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/19559, http://secunia.com/advisories/19766, http://secunia.com/advisories/20166, http://secunia.com/advisories/21459, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1068, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_19_sr.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1281, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=361370, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-13.xml, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17436, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25729

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High