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crypto-utils: symlink attack

Package(s):crypto-utils CVE #(s):CVE-2012-3504
Created:March 11, 2013 Updated:March 13, 2013
Description: From the CVE entry:

The nssconfigFound function in genkey.pl in crypto-utils 2.4.1-34 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the "list" file in the current working directory.

Alerts:
Fedora FEDORA-2013-3253 2013-03-11
Fedora FEDORA-2013-3259 2013-03-11
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