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sysstat: insecure temporary files

Package(s):sysstat CVE #(s):CVE-2007-3852
Created:August 20, 2007 Updated:September 23, 2011
Description: The init script (sysstat.in) in sysstat 5.1.2 up to 7.1.6 creates /tmp/sysstat.run insecurely, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code.
Alerts:
CentOS CESA-2011:1005 2011-09-22
Scientific Linux SL-syss-20110721 2011-07-21
Red Hat RHSA-2011:1005-01 2011-07-21
Fedora FEDORA-2007-675 2007-08-27
Fedora FEDORA-2007-1697 2007-08-20
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sysstat: insecure temporary files

Posted Sep 27, 2007 18:31 UTC (Thu) by kreutzm (guest, #4700) [Link]

Debian Sarge and Etch are not vulnerable.

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