Gentoo Linux: CVE-2011-1920: pmake: Insecure temporary file usage
3
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
05/23/2011
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
10/30/2017
Description
The make include files in NetBSD before 1.6.2, as used in pmake 1.111 and other products, allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/_depend##### temporary file, related to (1) bsd.lib.mk and (2) bsd.prog.mk.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-devel-pmake
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