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eroaster: insecure temporary file

Package(s):eroaster CVE #(s):CAN-2003-0656
Created:August 19, 2003 Updated:October 1, 2003
Description: A vulnerability was discovered in eroaster where it does not take any security precautions when creating a temporary file for the lockfile. This vulnerability could be exploited to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running eroaster.

CAN-2003-0656

Alerts:
Gentoo 200309-04 2003-09-02
Mandrake MDKSA-2003:083 2003-08-19
Debian DSA-366-1 2003-08-05
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