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Gentoo: 200508-19 Normal: Lm_sensors Linking Vulnerability Alert

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Calendar Grey August 30, 2005
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Gentoo GLSA 202310-04 reveals a weakness in lm_sensors that facilitates unauthorized file modification via symlink exploits. Ensure you update promptly.
lm_sensors is vulnerable to linking attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200508-19 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: lm_sensors: Insecure temporary file creation Date: August 30, 2005 Bugs: #103568 ID: 200508-19

Synopsis ======= lm_sensors is vulnerable to linking attacks, potentially allowing a local user to overwrite arbitrary files.
Background ========= lm_sensors is a software package that provides drivers for monitoring the temperatures, voltages, and fans of Linux systems with hardware monitoring devices.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-apps/lm_sensors < 2.9.1-r1 >= 2.9.1-r1
========== Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena has discovered that lm_sensorsinsecure...

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