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Gentoo: GLSA-200410-02 Normal: Netpbm Temp File Issues Exploit

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Calendar Grey October 4, 2004
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Local intruders could exploit transient file vulnerabilities in Netpbm tools, risking unauthorized file changes. Upgrading is crucial for improved security
Utilities included in old Netpbm versions are vulnerable to multiple temporary files issues, potentially allowing a local attacker to overwrite files with the rights of the user ru...

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200410-02 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Netpbm: Multiple temporary file issues Date: October 04, 2004 Bugs: #65647 ID: 200410-02

Synopsis ======= Utilities included in old Netpbm versions are vulnerable to multiple temporary files issues, potentially allowing a local attacker to overwrite files with the rights of the user running the utility.
Background ========= Netpbm is a toolkit containing more than 200 separate utilities for manipulation and conversion of graphic images.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/netpbm <= 9.12-r4 >= 10.0
========== Utilities contained in the Netpbm package prior to the 9.25 versi...

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