Secunia Security Advisory - A security issue has been reported in Kile, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain knowledge of certain information.
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TITLE:
Kile Backup File Insecure File Permissions
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23035
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23035/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information
WHERE:
Local system
SOFTWARE:
Kile 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/12672/
DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in Kile, which can be exploited by
malicious, local users to gain knowledge of certain information.
The security issue is caused due to backup files being created with
default permissions even when the original file had more restrictive
permissions set. This can potentially disclose the contents of files
edited by other users.
The security issue is reported in versions prior to 1.9.3.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.9.3.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=464713
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