Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-1078: am-utils: Insecure temporary file creation
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(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
02/28/2008
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
02/14/2023
Description
expn in the am-utils and net-fs packages for Gentoo, rPath Linux, and other distributions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the expn[PID] temporary file. NOTE: this is the same issue as CVE-2003-0308.1.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-fs-am-utils
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