Gentoo: 200404-08 High Risk: Automake Symbolic Link Attack

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200404-08 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: High Title: GNU Automake symbolic link vulnerability
Date: April 08, 2004 Bugs: #45646 ID: 200404-08

Synopsis ======= Automake may be vulnerable to a symbolic link attack which may allow an attacker to modify data or elevate their privileges.
Background ========= Automake is a tool for automatically generating `Makefile.in' files which is often used in conjuction with Autoconf and other GNU Autotools to ease portability among applications. It also provides a standardized and light way of writing complex Makefiles through the use of many built-in macros.
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