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Description
PatchLink Update client for Unix, as used by Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent for Linux/Unix/Mac (LUM) 6.2094 through 6.4102 and other products, allows local users to (1) truncate arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/patchlink.tmp file used by the logtrimmer script, and (2) execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the /tmp/plshutdown file used by the rebootTask script.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products
No SUSE Bugzilla entries cross referenced.SUSE Security Advisories:
- TID3908994, published Sa 3. Mär 11:59:12 CET 2018
SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 02:41:17 2013CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 1 12:15:55 2025