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openslp: temporary file creation vulnerability

Package(s):openslp CVE #(s):
Created:August 18, 2003 Updated:August 20, 2003
Description: According to this advisory there's a symbolic link vulnerability in one of the initscripts provided with openslp. The slpd.all_init file uses '/tmp/route.check' as a temporarily file in an unsafe manner.
Alerts:
Conectiva CLA-2003:723 2003-08-18
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