CVE-2009-1297

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    CVE-2009-1297

    Published: 23 Oct 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: iscsi_discovery in open-iscsi in SUSE openSUSE 10.3 through 11.1 and SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) 10 SP2 and 11, and other operating systems, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an unspecified temporary file that has a predictable name.

    References: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:109, https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0241

    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
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