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Gentoo: GLSA-200506-11 High: WebApp Secure Failures in Configuration

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Calendar Grey June 11, 2005
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FileProtect has a weakness concerning symbolic link vulnerabilities, permitting local users to overwrite files. It is advisable to update. Risk Level: Moderate.
LutelWall is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200506-10 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: LutelWall: Insecure temporary file creation Date: June 11, 2005 Bugs: #95378 ID: 200506-10

Synopsis ======= LutelWall is vulnerable to symlink attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files.
Background ========= LutelWall is a high-level Linux firewall configuration tool.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-firewall/lutelwall < 0.98 >= 0.98
========== Eric Romang has discovered that the new_version_check() function in LutelWall insecurely creates a temporary file when updating to a new version.
Impact ===== A local atta...

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