Gentoo: GLSA-200410-16 Normal: PostgreSQL Symlink Attack Risk

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200410-16 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: PostgreSQL: Insecure temporary file use in make_oidjoins_check Date: October 18, 2004 Bugs: #66371 ID: 200410-16

Synopsis ======= The make_oidjoins_check script, part of the PostgreSQL package, is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files with the rights of the user running the utility.
Background ========= PostgreSQL is an open source database based on the POSTGRES database management system. It includes several contributed scripts including the make_oidjoins_check script.
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