COMMAND

    savetextmode

SYSTEMS AFFECTED

    Linux

PROBLEM

    Mark A. Spencer posted  following.  The "savetextmode"  command (a
    script  typically  run  by  root)  writes  to  /tmp/textregs   and
    /tmp/fontdata without any checks  and will happily clobber  stuff.
    Moreover,   the   programs   which   actually   do   the   writing
    (restoretextmode  and  restorefont)  are  sometimes setuid root on
    older linux systems...  savetextmode comes with SVGATextMode 1.8.

SOLUTION

    No official response from RedHat.