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Gentoo: GLSA-200407-01 Normal: Esearch Temp File Handling Flaw

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Calendar Grey July 1, 2004
Scroller Gentoo
Critical vulnerability in Esearch temporary file management on Gentoo necessitates prompt updates to address potential security threats. Learn further.
The eupdatedb utility in esearch creates a file in /tmp without first checking for symlinks

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200407-01 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Esearch: Insecure temp file handling Date: July 01, 2004 Bugs: #55424 ID: 200407-01

Synopsis ======= The eupdatedb utility in esearch creates a file in /tmp without first checking for symlinks. This makes it possible for any user to create arbitrary files.
Background ========= Esearch is a replacement for the Portage command "emerge search". It uses an index to speed up searching of the Portage tree.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-portage/esearch <= 0.6.1 >= 0.6.2
========== The eupdatedb utility uses a temporary file (/tmp/esearchdb...

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