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Potential security bug in fopen()


From: Michael Sweet
Subject: Potential security bug in fopen()
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2001 17:13:52 -0500

Hi,

I've had several reports of a potential symlink attack on some code
in CUPS; upon further investigation, it appears that fopen() is
unlink'ing the named file when the open mode is "w".

This opens up the possibility of a symlink attack if a symlink is
introduced after the unlink() but prior to the open().  In addition,
fopen() should fail if an existing file is owned by another user
(the current code will bypass this security)

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