gsd-2008-1078
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:23
Details
expn in the am-utils and net-fs packages for Gentoo, rPath Linux, and other distributions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the expn[PID] temporary file. NOTE: this is the same issue as CVE-2003-0308.1.
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CVE-2008-1078


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