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gopher: insecure tmpfile creation

Package(s):gopher CVE #(s):CAN-2005-1853
Created:July 29, 2005 Updated:August 3, 2005
Description: John Goerzen discovered that gopher, a client for the Gopher Distributed Hypertext protocol, creates temporary files in an insecure fashion.
Alerts:
Debian DSA-770-1 2005-07-29
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