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automake: symbolic link attack

Package(s):automake CVE #(s):
Created:April 8, 2004 Updated:April 14, 2004
Description: Automake may be vulnerable to a symbolic link attack which may allow an attacker to modify data or escalate their privileges. This is due to the insecure way Automake creates directories during compilation. An attacker may be able to create symbolic links in the place of files contained in the affected directories, which may potentially lead to elevated privileges due to modification of data.
Alerts:
Netwosix NW-2004-0009 2004-04-08
Gentoo 200404-08 2004-04-08

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