** Description changed: - Style::SquareButton writes a small png to /tmp/wut.png - see - https://code.launchpad.net/~gordallott/unity/hud/+merge/90085 + [Impact] - If I make /tmp/wut.png a symlink to some file on the system writeable by - the owner of the unity process, then I can get them to destroy that - file. Boooooooo. + * Style::SquareButton writes a small png to /tmp/wut.png + * If a user creates /tmp/wut.png as a symlink to some file on the system writeable by the owner of the unity process, then he/she can destroy that file. + + [Test Case] + + * log out, login with the upgraded package and check for presence of + "/tmp/wut.png" + + + [Regression Potential] + + * n/a + + [Other Info] + + * Marc Deslauriers from the security team said it isn't a problem on Ubuntu because we have symlink restrictions (in this case part of the Yama LSM [1]). + + * We believe, not everyone is necessarily running Yama LSM.
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