CVE-2006-5072 - Overgenerous Games

Description

The System.CodeDom.Compiler classes in Novell Mono create temporary files with insecure permissions which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack.

Reference

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-357-1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20340 http://secunia.com/advisories/22237 http://secunia.com/advisories/22277 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:188 http://secunia.com/advisories/22614 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-23.xml http://secunia.com/advisories/23154 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_73_mono.html http://secunia.com/advisories/23213 http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2401 http://secunia.com/advisories/23776 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3911 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29353