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scilab: insecure temp file

Package(s):

scilab

CVE #(s):

CVE-2008-4983

Created:

January 22, 2009

Updated:

January 28, 2009

Description:

Scilab, a scientific software package for numerical computations, has an insecure temporary file usage, this can be used for a symlink attack.

Alerts:

Gentoo

2009-01-21

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