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skktools: insecure temporary file creation

Package(s):skktools CVE #(s):CVE-2007-3916
Created:October 15, 2007 Updated:October 17, 2007
Description: skkdic-expr.c insecurely writes temporary files to a location in the form $TMPDIR/skkdic$PID.{pag,dir,db}, where $PID is the process ID. A local attacker could create symbolic links in the directory where the temporary files are written, pointing to a valid file somewhere on the filesystem that is writable by the user running the SKK software. When SKK writes the temporary file, the target valid file would then be overwritten with the contents of the SKK temporary file.
Alerts:
Gentoo 200710-10 2007-10-12

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