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kvm: symlink attacks

Package(s):

kvm

CVE #(s):

CVE-2012-2652

Created:

July 4, 2012

Updated:

August 10, 2012

Description:

From the openSUSE advisory:

- fix vulnerability to temporary file symlink attacks in snapshot file mode.

Alerts:

openSUSE	openSUSE-SU-2012:0832-1	2012-07-04
Mageia	MGASA-2012-0185	2012-07-30
Ubuntu	USN-1522-1	2012-08-02
Fedora	FEDORA-2012-11305	2012-08-09
Fedora	FEDORA-2012-11302	2012-08-09
Debian	DSA-2542-1	2012-09-08
Debian	DSA-2545-1	2012-09-08
SUSE	SUSE-SU-2012:1202-1	2012-09-18
Gentoo	201210-04	2012-10-18
Mandriva	MDVSA-2013:121	2013-04-10

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