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am-utils: insecure temporary file creation

Package(s):

am-utils

CVE #(s):

CVE-2008-1078

Created:

April 11, 2008

Updated:

January 7, 2009

Description:

From the Gentoo advisory: am-utils creates temporary files insecurely allowing local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Alerts:

Fedora	FEDORA-2008-10755	2008-12-07
Gentoo	200804-09	2008-04-10

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