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Gentoo: GLSA-200407-08 Normal: OpenSSH Key Disclosure Vulnerability

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System Alert: Vulnerability in temporary file management allows unauthorized file replacement. Please update to the most recent version for enhanced protection.
Shorewall contains a bug in the code handling the creation of temporary files and directories

Summary

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200407-07
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Shorewall : Insecure temp file handling
      Date: July 08, 2004
      Bugs: #55675
        ID: 200407-07


Synopsis
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Shorewall contains a bug in the code handling the creation of temporary
files and directories. This can allow a non-root user to overwrite
arbitrary system files.

Background
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Shorewall is a high level tool for configuring Netfilter, the firewall
facility included in the Linux Kernel.

Affected packages
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     Package                 /   Vulnerable   /             Unaffected
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  1  net-firewall/shorewall      <= 1.4.10c                 >= 1.4.10f

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Shorewall uses temp...
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