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FKIE_CVE-2007-4631

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-08-31 22:17 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:44
Severity
Summary
The DataLoader::doStart function in dataloader.cpp in QGit 1.5.6 and other versions up to 2pre1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable filenames.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190697Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-210.shtml
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26738Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26745Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/27098Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-05.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=538002Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=538002&group_id=139897Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25618Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3107Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=268381
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36503
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=190697Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-210.shtml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/26738Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/26745Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/27098Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-05.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=538002Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=538002&group_id=139897Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25618Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3107Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=268381
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36503
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
qgit qgit 1.5.6_2pre1

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