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flamethrower: temporary file vulnerability

Package(s):flamethrower CVE #(s):CVE-2008-5141
Created:December 2, 2008 Updated:December 3, 2008
Description: Flamethrower suffers from a temporary file vulnerability which can be exploited to create a denial of service situation.
Alerts:
Debian DSA-1676-1 2008-12-01
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