oss-security - Re: CVE id request: cecilia insecure temporary file usage

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Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:35:49 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Steven M. Christey" <coley@...us.mitre.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE id request: cecilia insecure temporary file
 usage

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Name: CVE-2008-1832
Status: Candidate
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1832
Reference: CONFIRM:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=476321

lib/prefs.tcl in Cecilia  2.0.5 allows local users to overwrite
arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the csvers temporary file.

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